叩く · godan verb (-ku)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 叩く | 叩かない |
| Polite | 叩きます | 叩きません |
| Past polite | 叩きました | 叩きませんでした |
| Past | 叩いた | 叩かなかった |
| Te-form | 叩いて | 叩かないで |
| Desire | 叩きたい | 叩きたくない |
| Potential | 叩ける | 叩けない |
| Passive | 叩かれる | 叩かれない |
| Causative | 叩かせる | 叩かせない |
| Causative passive | 叩かせられるalso 叩かされる | 叩かせられないalso 叩かされない |
| Volitional | 叩こう | |
| Polite volitional | 叩きましょう | |
| Imperative | 叩け | 叩くな |
| Conditional | 叩けば | 叩かなければ |
| Tara conditional | 叩いたら | 叩かなかったら |
General physical striking: hitting, knocking, slapping, tapping, clapping hands, or playing percussion instruments. Covers a wide range of impact actions.
He angrily hit the desk.
I like playing the drums.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
attack; bash; criticize; flame (online)
Verbal or written attack: criticizing harshly, bashing, or flaming someone, especially in media or online contexts.
The newspaper harshly criticized the politician.
I'm afraid of being flamed online.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Figurative use: to probe or test someone's opinion or intention, often by asking indirect questions.
Let's try to sound out his real intentions.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
pound (meat/fish); chop finely
Cooking technique: pounding meat or fish to tenderize, or chopping into small pieces with a knife.
Pound the chicken to flatten it.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
beat down the price; haggle
Negotiation: to aggressively bargain or drive a hard bargain to lower a price.
I got them to beat down the price.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Used in the pattern ...口を叩く to mean speaking in a certain way, often negatively (boasting, gossiping, complaining).
He talks big.
It's not good to badmouth people behind their backs.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Computing: to call or invoke a function, method, or program.
Calling this function returns an error.
He got bashed online because of his careless remark.
I got the shop clerk to lower the price for me.
This code calls that function during initialization.
Someone is knocking on the door.
I pound the meat to make it tender before grilling it.
I saw someone playing the drum at the festival.
The teacher patted my shoulder encouragingly.
弾く is used for stringed or keyboard instruments, while 叩く is used for percussion instruments like drums.
working one's way up; rising through the ranks · self-made person; veteran
finely chopped fish or meat; mince · hitting; striking; beating; person who strikes · bashing; criticizing; attacking · robbery; extortion · draft proposal; springboard for discussion · whipping; lashing; flogging
talking a lot; talkative person
tapping chopsticks on a dish
spanking · traditional fertility spanking ceremony for a new bride
pillow fight
traditional Japanese fire extinguisher
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
direct hardware access; hitting the hardware directly
thorough bashing; thorough flaming
knocking snow off (footwear, etc.)