撃つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
撃
う
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
擊つ (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

撃(う)つ • (utsu) transitive godan (stem 撃(う)ち (uchi), past 撃(う)った (utta))

  1. to fire a weapon
    銃(じゅう)を撃(う)つ、核(かく)を撃(う)つ、ミサイルを撃(う)つ
    jū o utsu, kaku o utsu, misairu o utsu
    to fire a gun; to drop a nuclear bomb; to launch a missile
    • 2015, バットマン アーカム・ナイト [Batman: Arkham Knight], spoken by the Arkham Knight (Satoshi Taki), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:
      はっはははは！銃(じゅう)は彼(かれ)に向(む)けておけ　奴(やつ)が部(へ)屋(や)から出(で)るそぶりを見(み)せたら　撃(う)つんだ　ああ　バットシンボルだけは撃(う)つなよ　あれには…秘(ひ)密(みつ)がある　奴(やつ)の一(いち)番(ばん)強(つよ)い場(ば)所(しょ)だ　まず弱(じゃく)点(てん)である肩(かた)　そしてスーツの継(つ)ぎ目(め)を撃(う)て
      Hahhahahaha! Jū wa kare ni mukete oke Yatsu ga heya kara deru soburi o misetara utsu n da Ā Batto Shinboru dake wa utsu na yo Are ni wa… himitsu ga aru Yatsu no ichiban tsuyoi basho da Mazu jakuten de aru kata soshite sūtsu no tsugime o ute
      Ha ha ha ha ha! Keep your guns trained on him. If he even looks like he’s planning to leave that room, open fire. Oh, and avoid the Bat Symbol. That’s a… a little trick. That’s where the armor’s the strongest. Aim for the weak spots at the shoulders first, then coordinate fire at the points where the plates meet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "撃つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 撃た うた uta
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 撃ち うち uchi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 撃つ うつ utsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 撃つ うつ utsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 撃て うて ute
Meireikei ("imperative") 撃て うて ute
Key constructions
Passive 撃たれる うたれる utareru
Causative 撃たせる
撃たす 		うたせる
うたす 		utaseru
utasu
Potential 撃てる うてる uteru
Volitional 撃とう うとう utō
Negative 撃たない うたない utanai
Negative continuative 撃たず うたず utazu
Formal 撃ちます うちます uchimasu
Perfective 撃った うった utta
Conjunctive 撃って うって utte
Hypothetical conditional 撃てば うてば uteba
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