拍

Medicine

ejection (e.g. cardiac output)

count of beats in music

wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

Music

downbeat; accented beat

paiban (clapper made from several flat pieces of wood)

Music

upbeat; unaccented beat

clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

keeping time by tapping one's knees

Music

upbeat; syncopated beat

to give a round of applause; to applaud

Usu. 〜に or 〜で

for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

clapping and cheering; applause

Idiomatic expression

to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)

Most frequently used adverbially as 〜に

easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick

to clap one's hands in prayer

to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal

Shinto

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

three-three-seven rhythmic clapping pattern; 3-3-7 beat

Shinto

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

Medicine

cardiac output

Music

time signature

Sometimes abbr. to 拍手

system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; web-applause

Medicine

cardiography

thunderous applause; storm of applause