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JLPT N4 · Verb

打つ (utsu)

打つ (うつ, utsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hit; to strike”. It appears in JLPT N4 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 N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch · godan verb, transitive
  2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
  3. to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
  4. to move; to impress; to touch · godan verb, transitive
  5. to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

階段から落ちて背中を強く打ちました。
I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.
Tatoeba #184910
８時をちょうど打ちましたね。
It has just struck eight, hasn't it?
Tatoeba #234931
雨が窓を打った。
The rain whipped against the window.
Tatoeba #189664

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

Conjugation of 打つ

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary打つうつ utsu
Polite (~masu)打ちますうちます uchimasu
Negative打たないうたない utanai
Polite negative打ちませんうちません uchimasen
Past打ったうった utta
Polite past打ちましたうちました uchimashita
Negative past打たなかったうたなかった utanakatta
Te-form打ってうって utte
Potential打てるうてる uteru
Passive打たれるうたれる utareru
Causative打たせるうたせる utaseru
Volitional打とううとう utou
Imperative打てうて ute
Conditional (~ba)打てばうてば uteba

Kanji in 打つ

打
strike, hit, knockダ・ダース・う.つ・う.ち- · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 打つ.

打合せうちあわせ(preparatory) meeting打ち消すうちけすto deny打開だかいbreak in the deadlock打撃だげきblow値打ちねうちvalue打ち切るうちきるto stop打ち消しうちけしnegation打ち込むうちこむto drive in (a nail, stake, etc.)打ち明けるうちあけるto confide

Source: JMdict entry 1408810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.