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たたく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
2. to play drums
3. to abuse; to bash; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
4. to consult; to sound out
5. to brag; to talk big
6. to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)
Alt. forms
叩たたく
86%
たたく
13%
敲たたく
Pitch accent
た
た
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 2590
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
to clap
to backbite
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
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Examples (12 in total)
I'm not going to hit you.
It's not nice to hit people.
Dad, Maria hit me!
Dad, Mary hit me!
A boy was beating the drum.
Someone is tapping at the door.
Tom tapped on the window.
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
She banged the table with her fist.
He knocked on the door again and again, but there was no answer.
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
That teacher sometimes hits his students, but no one complains.