拍

Meaning

拍 centers on a sharp percussive action: a clap of the hands or a beat in music. Both meanings share the idea of a rhythmic strike or pulse.

• 拍手はくしゅ
  N3

  clapping hands; applause

• 心拍しんぱく

  heartbeat

• 拍子ひょうし
  N1

  time; meter; metre; rhythm

• 拍車はくしゃ

  (riding) spur

• 拍はく

  beat

• 拍子抜けひょうしぬけ

  anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

• 三拍子さんびょうし

  triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time

• 脈拍みゃくはく
  N1

  pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse

• 手拍子てびょうし

  beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat

• トントン拍子とんとんびょうし

  easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick

• 拍子木ひょうしぎ

  wooden clappers

• 心拍数しんぱくすう

  heart rate; pulse rate

• 拍車をかけるはくしゃをかける
  N1

  to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

• ｗｅｂ拍手ウェブはくしゅ

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

• 一拍いっぱく

  one clap

• 万雷の拍手ばんらいのはくしゅ

  thunderous applause; storm of applause

• 三三七拍子さんさんななびょうし

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

• 三拍子揃うさんびょうしそろう

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

• 上拍じょうはく

  upbeat

• 下拍かはく

  downbeat

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