Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 打っ欠
- (n) yawn; yawning (and stretching)
あの先生の講義はあくびが出る。
His lectures are terribly boring. - kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
- (v5t, vt) to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
８時をちょうど打ちましたね。
It has just struck eight, hasn't it? - to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
- to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
- to move; to impress; to touch
- to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
- to type; to send; to transmit
- to insert; to write in; to mark
- to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
- to till (soil)
- to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
- to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
- to pay (a deposit, etc.)
- to visit (on a pilgrimage)
- to line (a coat)
- to bind (a criminal)
