Illustration: In a school gym, a student practices delivering an open-handed strike to a thick cushion held upright by an instructor. The student's palm has just landed squarely against the cushion, compressing its center and pushing the instructor's braced arms slightly backward.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぶつ

butsu

to hit, to strike

Example sentences

  1. ぶたれて耳鳴みみなりがした。

    My ears were ringing from being beaten.

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  2. 彼かれは私わたしの頭あたまをぶった。

    He hit me on the head.

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  3. そんなに強つよくぶたないで。

    Don’t hit me so hard.

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