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Examples:

弾く ひく N5

  1. to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

弾く はじく N1

  1. to flick; to flip; to snap
  2. to repel
  3. to calculate; to use (an abacus)
  4. to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.); to strum

つま弾く つまびく

  1. to pluck the strings (of a guitar); to strum

そろばんを弾く そろばんをはじく

  1. to count on the abacus
  2. to be guided by self-interest; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability
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