叩たたく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

strike; hit; beat; knock; slap; tap; clap; play (drums)

General physical striking: hitting, knocking, slapping, tapping, clapping hands, or playing percussion instruments. Covers a wide range of impact actions.

• 彼かれは机つくえを叩たたいて怒おこった。

  He angrily hit the desk.

• ドラムを叩たたくのが好すきです。

  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.

• 新しん聞ぶんはその政せい治じ家かを激はげしく叩たたいた。

  The newspaper harshly criticized the politician.

• ネットで叩たたかれるのが怖こわい。

  I'm afraid of being flamed online.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

sound out (someone's views)

Figurative use: to probe or test someone's opinion or intention, often by asking indirect questions.

• 彼かれの本ほん音ねを叩たたいてみよう。

  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.

• 鶏とり肉にくを叩たたいて薄うすく伸のばす。

  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.

• 値ね段だんを叩たたいてもらった。

  I got them to beat down the price.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

talk (big, bad, idly)

Used in the pattern ...口を叩く to mean speaking in a certain way, often negatively (boasting, gossiping, complaining).

• 彼かれは大おおきな口くちを叩たたく。

  He talks big.

• 陰かげで悪わる口くちを叩たたくのはよくない。

  It's not good to badmouth people behind their backs.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

call; invoke (a function)

Computing: to call or invoke a function, method, or program.

• この関かん数すうを叩たたくとエラーが返かえる。

  Calling this function returns an error.