打つ

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *utu. Cognate with Miyako 打つぃ (utsï).

• (Tokyo) うつ (Atamadaka – )^[1][2][3]
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打(う)つ • (utsu) transitive godan (stem 打(う)ち (uchi), past 打(う)った (utta))

1. to hit, to beat, to strike

   親(おや)にぶたれる ― oya ni butareru ― to be hit by a parent

   壁(かべ)に頭(あたま)を打(う)ってしまった。

   Kabe ni atama o utteshimatta.

   I've hit my head on the wall.

2. (baseball) to hit

   ヒットを打(う)つ ― hitto o utsu ― to make a hit

   ホームランを打(う)つ ― hōmuran o utsu ― to hit a home run

3. (computing) to type

   キーボードを打(う)つ ― kībōdo o utsu ― to use a keyboard

   長(ちょう)文(ぶん)を打(う)つ ― chōbun o utsu ― to type out a long passage

   文(も)字(じ)を打(う)つ ― moji o utsu ― to type text

4. (shogi) to drop
5. (cooking) to make noodles

   Hypernym: 作る (tsukuru)

   うどんを打(う)つ ― udon o utsu ― to make udon

   手(て)打(う)ちうどん ― teuchi udon ― handmade udon

6. (medicine) to administer a shot

   注(ちゅう)射(しゃ)を打(う)つ ― chūsha o utsu ― to administer an injection

• (to make noodles): 作(つく)る (tsukuru)

Shift from 打(う)つ (utsu).

• (Tokyo) ぶつ (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
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打(ぶ)つ • (butsu) transitive godan (stem 打(ぶ)ち (buchi), past 打(ぶ)った (butta))

1. to hit, to beat, to strike
2. to give a speech