打うつ

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.

• 時計とけいが正しょう午ごを打うった。

  The clock struck noon.

• 太たい鼓こを打うつ。

  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.

• 波なみが岸きしを打うつ。

  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.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばが私わたしの心こころを打うった。

  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.

• 壁かべに釘くぎを打うつ。

  I hammer a nail into the wall.

• 予よ防ぼう接せっ種しゅを打うつ。

  I get a vaccination (lit. inject a vaccine).

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

type; send; transmit

Used for typing on a keyboard, sending a telegram or message, or transmitting a signal.

• キーボードで文も字じを打うつ。

  I type characters on the keyboard.

• 電でん報ぽうを打うつ。

  I send a telegram.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

insert; write in; mark

Used for inserting or writing something into a document, marking a check, or adding a note.

• 書しょ類るいに判はんを打うつ。

  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.

• そばを打うつ。

  I make soba noodles.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

till (soil)

Agricultural use: to till or work the soil, often with a hoe or similar tool.

• 畑はたけを打うつ。

  I till the field.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

sprinkle; throw; cast

Used for scattering or throwing something, such as water, salt, or a fishing line.

• 料りょう理りに塩しおを打うつ。

  I sprinkle salt on the food.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

do; carry out; play; perform; engage in

Broad action verb used with certain nouns: to play a game (将棋を打つ), perform a tea ceremony (茶を打つ), or engage in gambling (博打を打つ).

• 将しょう棋ぎを打うつ。

  I play shogi.

• 博打ばくちを打うつ。

  I gamble.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

pay (a deposit)

Used specifically for paying a deposit or earnest money, as in 手付金を打つ.

• 手て付つけ金きんを打うつ。

  I pay a deposit.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

visit (a pilgrimage site)

Used for visiting a sacred place or making a pilgrimage, as in お百度を打つ.

• お百ひゃく度どを打うつ。

  I make a hundred pilgrim visits (to a shrine).

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

line (a coat)

Tailoring term: to line a garment, as in 裏を打つ.

• コートの裏うらを打うつ。

  I line the coat.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

bind (a criminal)

Historical or literary: to bind a criminal with rope, as in 縄を打つ.

• 罪ざい人にんに縄なわを打うつ。

  They bind the criminal with rope.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

drop (a shogi piece)

Shogi term: to drop a captured piece back onto the board.

• 歩ふを打うつ。

  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.

• 碁ごを打うつ。

  I play Go.