打つ
打つ · godan verb (-tsu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 打つ | 打たない |
| Polite | 打ちます | 打ちません |
| Past polite | 打ちました | 打ちませんでした |
| Past | 打った | 打たなかった |
| Te-form | 打って | 打たないで |
| Desire | 打ちたい | 打ちたくない |
| Potential | 打てる | 打てない |
| Passive | 打たれる | 打たれない |
| Causative | 打たせる | 打たせない |
| Causative passive | 打たせられるalso 打たされる | 打たせられないalso 打たされない |
| Volitional | 打とう | |
| Polite volitional | 打ちましょう | |
| Imperative | 打て | 打つな |
| Conditional | 打てば | 打たなければ |
| Tara conditional | 打ったら | 打たなかったら |
Meanings
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
strike (a time); sound (an instrument); beat (a drum)
Used for striking a bell, clock, or percussion instrument to produce a sound, or for a clock striking the hour.
The clock struck noon.
I beat the drum.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
beat rhythmically; pulse; throb
Describes rhythmic beating such as a pulse, waves, or a heart. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.
The waves beat against the shore.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
move emotionally; impress; touch
Figurative use: to strike someone emotionally, to move or impress deeply. Often used with 心を打つ.
His words touched my heart.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
drive in; hammer in; inject; vaccinate
Used for driving something into something else: hammering a nail, injecting a vaccine, or inserting a needle.
I hammer a nail into the wall.
I get a vaccination (lit. inject a vaccine).
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Used for typing on a keyboard, sending a telegram or message, or transmitting a signal.
I type characters on the keyboard.
I send a telegram.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Used for inserting or writing something into a document, marking a check, or adding a note.
I stamp (affix a seal to) the document.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
make (noodles); prepare (food)
Specific to making noodles by hand, such as soba or udon, involving a striking motion.
I make soba noodles.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Agricultural use: to till or work the soil, often with a hoe or similar tool.
I till the field.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Used for scattering or throwing something, such as water, salt, or a fishing line.
I sprinkle salt on the food.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Used specifically for paying a deposit or earnest money, as in 手付金を打つ.
I pay a deposit.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Used for visiting a sacred place or making a pilgrimage, as in お百度を打つ.
I make a hundred pilgrim visits (to a shrine).
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Historical or literary: to bind a criminal with rope, as in 縄を打つ.
They bind the criminal with rope.
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
Shogi term: to drop a captured piece back onto the board.
I drop a pawn (in shogi).
godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb
play a move (go); play a game (go)
Go term: to place a stone on the board, or to play a game of Go.
I play Go.
Usage patterns· 8
- 〈人〉を打つto hit/strike a person
He struck his opponent's face.
- 釘を打つto drive in a nail
I drove a nail into the wooden board.
- 注射を打つto give an injection
The doctor gave the patient an injection.
- メールを打つto type/send an email
I typed an email on my phone during the meeting.
- そばを打つto make soba noodles (by hand)
I made soba noodles at home over the weekend.
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- 太鼓を打つto beat a drum
I heard the sound of drums being beaten at the festival.
- 碁を打つto play a game of Go
I like playing Go with my grandfather.
- 脈が打つfor the pulse to beat/throb
My pulse raced from nervousness.
Expressions· 46
- 手を打つtake measures; take steps · strike a bargain; come to an agreement · clap one's hands
- 胸を打つtouching; moving; heart-wrenching
- 相槌を打つgive verbal nods; use back-channeling; throw in interjections to show attention
- 刀を打つtemper a sword; forge a sword
- 底を打つhit bottom; bottom out