たたく

叩く

to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums)

N5Common wordGodan verb (ku ending)
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to striketo hitto beatto knockto poundto bangto slapto spankto tapto patto clap (one's hands)to play (the drums)
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to attackto bashto criticizeto censureto flame (on the Internet)
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to sound out (someone's views)
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to pound (meat or fish)to chop into small pieces
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to beat down the price
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)
Godan verb (ku ending), Transitive verb
to callto invoke (e.g. a function)

Conjugations

Present辞書形
叩く(たたく)
Negativeない形
叩かない(たたかない)
Pastた形
叩いた(たたいた)
Past Negativeなかった形
叩かなかった(たたかなかった)
Te-formて形
叩いて(たたいて)

Example Sentences

力いっぱい(かれ)をたたいた。

I hit him good and hard.

彼女は(わたし)の肩をたたいた。

She patted me on the shoulder.

父は決して(わたし)(あたま)をたたかない。

Father never hits me on the head.

彼女は息子の肩を軽くたたいた。

She patted her son on the shoulder.

(かれ)は友人の肩をぽんとたたいた。

He clapped his friend on the shoulder.

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