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叩く (たたく): to strike, to beat — Japanese vocabulary

叩く is read たたく and means "to strike, to beat". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

叩く

Reading
たたく · tataku
Translation
to strike, to beat
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
たたくが

Example

彼は帽子をたたいてぺしゃんこにした。

かれはぼうしをたたいてぺしゃんこにした。

He thumped his hat flat.

Kanji in this word

  • 叩 — tap, hit

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