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叩く たたく N3

  1. to bang; to beat; to clap (one's hands); to hit; to knock; to pat; to play (the drums); to pound; to slap; to spank; to strike; to tap
  2. to attack; to bash; to censure; to criticize; to flame (on the Internet)
  3. to sound out (someone's views)
  4. to chop into small pieces; to pound (meat or fish)
  5. to beat down the price
  6. to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)
  7. to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

叩く はたく N1

  1. to dust; to remove dust
  2. to hit (with the palm); to slap
  3. to use up money

引っ叩く ひっぱたく

  1. to slap; to spank; to strike

手を叩く てをたたく

  1. to clap

買い叩く かいたたく

  1. to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain

売り叩く うりたたく

  1. to beat down prices

大口を叩く おおぐちをたたく

  1. to boast; to brag; to exaggerate

軽口を叩く かるくちをたたく

  1. to crack jokes

ぶっ叩く ぶったたく

  1. to batter; to beat; to pummel

電卓を叩く でんたくをたたく

  1. to use a calculator
  2. to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability
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