I Love Kanji打つ (butsu)
打つ (ぶつ, butsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hit (someone); to strike”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぶつ
- Romaji
- butsu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hit (someone); to strike; to beat · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to make (a speech); to give (an address) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to gamble · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana, dated
Example sentences
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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 打つ | ぶつ butsu |
| Polite (~masu) | 打ちます | ぶちます buchimasu |
| Negative | 打たない | ぶたない butanai |
| Polite negative | 打ちません | ぶちません buchimasen |
| Past | 打った | ぶった butta |
| Polite past | 打ちました | ぶちました buchimashita |
| Negative past | 打たなかった | ぶたなかった butanakatta |
| Te-form | 打って | ぶって butte |
| Potential | 打てる | ぶてる buteru |
| Passive | 打たれる | ぶたれる butareru |
| Causative | 打たせる | ぶたせる butaseru |
| Volitional | 打とう | ぶとう butou |
| Imperative | 打て | ぶて bute |
| Conditional (~ba) | 打てば | ぶてば buteba |
Kanji in 打つ
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 1408815 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.