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打ちひしぐ (うちひしぐ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

打うちひしぐ

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ち

ひ

し

ぐ

Meanings

1

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

crush emotionally; overwhelm with grief

Used for being emotionally crushed by misfortune, grief, or despair; often in passive or resultative constructions like 打ちひしがれる.

彼かれは突とつ然ぜんの悲ひ報ほうに打うちひしがれた。
He was crushed by the sudden sad news.
失しっ敗ぱいの連れん続ぞくで、彼かの女じょはすっかり打う

ちひしが

れ

て

いる

。

After a series of failures, she is completely overwhelmed.

Written forms

打うちひしぐUsage96%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the kanji 打ち is commonly used, while ひしぐ is often written in kana.
打うち拉ひしぐUsage4%
Full kanji spelling using 拉ぐ; less common and may be unfamiliar to many readers.

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
拉Latin, kidnap, crush

Similar words

打うちのめす
打ちのめす also means to knock down or defeat thoroughly, often with a more physical or competitive nuance, while 打ちひしぐ focuses on emotional devastation.
挫くじく
挫く means to sprain or to dampen someone's spirits, but is less intense and can be used for discouragement rather than complete emotional crushing.

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, prefix adding emphasis or force) and 拉ぐ (hishigu, 'to crush, squash'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys a forceful crushing, extended metaphorically to emotional devastation.