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拍手 (はくしゅ): clapping hands, applause — Japanese vocabulary

拍手 is read はくしゅ and means "clapping hands, applause". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

拍手

Reading
はくしゅ · hakushu
Translation
clapping hands, applause
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
はくしゅが

Example

彼らはわたしたちに拍手をしませんでした。

かれらはわたしたちにはくしゅをしませんでした。

They did not clap for us.

Kanji in this word

  • 拍 — beat, clap
  • 手 — hand

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