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殴打 (おうだ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 殴打する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 殴おう 打だ する 殴おう 打だ しない Polite 殴おう 打だ します 殴おう 打だ しません Past polite 殴おう 打だ しました 殴おう 打だ しませんでした Past 殴おう 打だ した 殴おう 打だ しなかった Te-form 殴おう 打だ して 殴おう 打だ しないで Desire 殴おう 打だ したい 殴おう 打だ したくない Potential 殴おう 打だ できる 殴おう 打だ できない Passive 殴おう 打だ される 殴おう 打だ されない Causative 殴おう 打だ させる 殴おう 打だ させない Causative passive 殴おう 打だ させられる 殴おう 打だ させられない Volitional 殴おう 打だ しよう Polite volitional 殴おう 打だ しましょう Imperative 殴おう 打だ しろ 殴おう 打だ するな Conditional 殴おう 打だ すれば 殴おう 打だ しなければ Tara conditional 殴おう 打だ したら 殴おう 打だ しなかったら
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容よう 疑ぎ 者しゃ は 通つう 行こう 人にん を 殴おう 打だ し た 疑うたが い で 逮たい 捕ほ さ れ た 。
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of hitting a passerby.
He was taken to the hospital after being beaten.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 殴おう 打だ する to strike/hit someone
The man was arrested on suspicion of striking the victim.
〈 物もの 〉 で 殴おう 打だ する to hit someone with an object
The attacker hit the victim with a bat.
殴おう 打だ を 受う ける to receive/take a blow
The victim had received a blow to the head.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 殴おう 打だ を 加くわ える to deal a blow to someone
The officer struck the fleeing man.
Related words 殴る is the everyday verb for hitting or punching, while 殴打 is the formal Sino-Japanese noun used in news reports or legal contexts for the same act.
暴行 is a broader legal/formal term covering assault or violence in general, whereas 殴打 specifically refers to the act of striking or hitting.
打撃 means a blow or impact and can be used figuratively (e.g. financial damage), while 殴打 refers strictly to physically striking a person.
殴打 is a formal/legal term for hitting or striking someone, while 叩き in this sense is a more general, everyday word for hitting.
Don't confuse with 叩く is a common everyday verb for lightly hitting, slapping, or tapping something, while 殴打 denotes a forceful, often violent strike described in formal or legal language.
殴打 means deliberately striking or beating someone, whereas 打撲 focuses on the resulting blow to the body or the injury itself, regardless of intent.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 殴, associated with beating or striking, and 打, associated with hitting or striking. The spelling transparently matches the meaning, but no more specific historical derivation is asserted here.
