打つ
ぶつ · utsu
To hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound
- to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.)
- to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
- to move, to impress, to touch
- to hit (someone), to strike, to beat
- to make (a speech), to give (an address)
Other ways to say “to hit” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
彼もホームランを打った。
かれもほーむらんをうった。
He also hit a home run.
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彼はホームランを打つと、チームが盛り上がる。
かれはほーむらんをうつと、ちーむがもりあがる。
When he hits a home run, the team gets excited.
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あの店員さんは、レジを打つもそっちのけで、スマホを見ている。
あのてんいんさんは、れじをうつもそっちのけで、すまほをみている。
That clerk is ignoring the register and looking at their phone.
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祖父は友人と囲碁を打っている。
そふはゆうじんとごをうっている。
Grandfather is playing Go with his friend.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 打ちますぶちます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 打ちませんぶちません |
| Polite past (ました) | 打ちましたぶちました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 打ちませんでしたぶちませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 打ちましょうぶちましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 打ちぶち |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 打ちたいぶちたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 打ちながらぶちながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 打ってぶって |
| Plain past (た形) | 打ったぶった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 打ったらぶったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 打っているぶっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 打たないぶたない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 打たなかったぶたなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 打たなくてぶたなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 打てるぶてる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 打てばぶてば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 打てぶて |
| Volitional (意向形) | 打とうぶとう |
| Passive (受身形) | 打たれるぶたれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 打たせるぶたせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 打たされるぶたされる |
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What does 打つ mean?
To hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound. It can also mean: to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move, to impress, to touch.
How do you pronounce 打つ?
ぶつ (utsu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 打つ?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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