かたたたき

Japanese

Alternative spelling
肩叩き

Etymology

From 肩(かた) (kata) + 叩(たた)き (tataki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 叩(たた)く (tataku).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かたたたき [kàtátáꜜtàkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠ta̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

かたたたき • (katatataki) ^{←かたたたき (katatataki)?}

1. striking the shoulder to relieve pain
2. a tool for striking the shoulder to relieve pain
3. (figuratively) a gentle suggestion to resign from one's job

Verb

かたたたきする • (katatataki suru) ^{←かたたたき (katatataki)?}suru (stem かたたたきし (katatataki shi), past かたたたきした (katatataki shita))

1. to massage the shoulders to relieve pain with tapotement
2. (figuratively) to give a gentle suggestion to resign from one's job

Conjugation

Conjugation of "かたたたきする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	かたたたきし	katatataki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	かたたたきし	katatataki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	かたたたきする	katatataki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	かたたたきする	katatataki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	かたたたきすれ	katatataki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	かたたたきせよ¹ かたたたきしろ²	katatataki seyo¹ katatataki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	かたたたきされる	katatataki sareru
Causative	かたたたきさせる かたたたきさす	katatataki saseru katatataki sasu
Potential	かたたたきできる	katatataki dekiru
Volitional	かたたたきしよう	katatataki shiyō
Negative	かたたたきしない	katatataki shinai
Negative continuative	かたたたきせず	katatataki sezu
Formal	かたたたきします	katatataki shimasu
Perfective	かたたたきした	katatataki shita
Conjunctive	かたたたきして	katatataki shite
Hypothetical conditional	かたたたきすれば	katatataki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative