JLPT N3 · Verb

叩く (tataku)

叩く (たたく, tataku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to strike; to hit”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たたく
Romaji: tataku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound · godan verb, transitive
to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet) · godan verb, transitive
to sound out (someone's views) · godan verb, transitive
to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces · godan verb, transitive
to beat down the price · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

見知らぬ人が玄関のドアをしきりにたたいた。

A stranger beat urgently at the front door.

Tatoeba #175135

新聞は一斉にその政治家をたたきはじめた。

The newspapers opened fire on the politician.

Tatoeba #145134

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 叩く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	叩く	たたく tataku
Polite (~masu)	叩きます	たたきます tatakimasu
Negative	叩かない	たたかない tatakanai
Polite negative	叩きません	たたきません tatakimasen
Past	叩いた	たたいた tataita
Polite past	叩きました	たたきました tatakimashita
Negative past	叩かなかった	たたかなかった tatakanakatta
Te-form	叩いて	たたいて tataite
Potential	叩ける	たたける tatakeru
Passive	叩かれる	たたかれる tatakareru
Causative	叩かせる	たたかせる tatakaseru
Volitional	叩こう	たたこう tatakou
Imperative	叩け	たたけ tatake
Conditional (~ba)	叩けば	たたけば tatakeba

Kanji in 叩く

叩

strike, beat, kow towコウ・たた.く・はた.く · 5 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1416170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.