叩

Meaning

叩 centers on striking or beating something, whether physically hitting, knocking, or figuratively criticizing. The kow tow sense is a specific cultural application of lowering oneself by striking the ground.

• 叩くたたく
  N3

  to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums)

• 叩きはたき
  N1

  (feather) duster

• 叩きたたき

  finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince

• 叩き込むたたきこむ

  to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands)

• 袋叩きふくろだたき

  beating someone up by ganging up on them

• 叩きつけるたたきつける

  to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to slap something onto; to dash (e.g. to the floor)

• 叩き上げたたきあげ

  working one's way up

• 叩き込みはたきこみ

  hatakikomi; slapdown

• 叩くはたく

  to dust; to remove dust

• ぶっ叩くぶったたく

  to beat; to batter; to pummel

• もぐら叩きもぐらたたき

  (game of) whack-a-mole; whac-a-mole

• ハエ叩きハエたたき

  fly swatter; flyswatter; fly swat

• 口を叩くくちをたたく

  to speak brazenly; to never shut up

• 口叩きくちたたき

  talking a lot; talkative person

• 叩きのめすたたきのめす

  to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

• 叩きを掛けるはたきをかける

  to dust (shelves, etc.); to use a duster

• 叩き上げるたたきあげる

  to work one's way up

• 叩き伏せるたたきふせる

  to knock down; to utterly defeat

• 叩き出すたたきだす

  to begin to strike

• 叩き分けたたきわけ

  equal split; splitting evenly

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