JLPT N3 · Verb

撃つ (utsu)

撃つ (うつ, utsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うつ
Romaji: utsu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

警察は空砲を撃った。

The police officer fired a blank.

Tatoeba #176197

猟師は熊を撃った。

The hunter shot a bear.

Tatoeba #77901

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

Conjugation of 撃つ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	撃つ	うつ utsu
Polite (~masu)	撃ちます	うちます uchimasu
Negative	撃たない	うたない utanai
Polite negative	撃ちません	うちません uchimasen
Past	撃った	うった utta
Polite past	撃ちました	うちました uchimashita
Negative past	撃たなかった	うたなかった utanakatta
Te-form	撃って	うって utte
Potential	撃てる	うてる uteru
Passive	撃たれる	うたれる utareru
Causative	撃たせる	うたせる utaseru
Volitional	撃とう	うとう utou
Imperative	撃て	うて ute
Conditional (~ba)	撃てば	うてば uteba

Kanji in 撃つ

撃

beat, attack, defeatゲキ・う.つ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 撃つ.

攻撃こうげきattack衝撃しょうげきimpact打撃だげきblow襲撃しゅうげき(surprise) attack反撃はんげきcounterattack

Source: JMdict entry 1253570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.