Japanese

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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

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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

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Verb

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()(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

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References

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