打ち払う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
はら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
打ち拂う (kyūjitai)
打払う
討ち払う
撃ち払う

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, to hit, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (utsu)) +‎ 払う (harau, to drive out)

Pronunciation

Verb

()(はら) (uchiharautransitive godan (stem ()(はら) (uchiharai), past ()(はら)った (uchiharatta))

  1. to brush away, to sweep aside
  2. to repel (e.g. enemy), to drive away

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN