手打ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
手打 (dated)
手討ち
手討 (dated)

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (teuchi

  1. striking a deal, making a bargain
    (けい)(やく)()()をする
    keiyaku no teuchi o suru
    close the deal on a contract
  2. making noodles by hand or by oneself
    ()()のそば
    teuchi no soba
    hand-made buckwheat noodles
  3. (baseball) hitting the ball with the grip (handle) of the bat, getting jammed
    • 2018 August 24, “Yakyū no teuchi to wa? Bote-bote goro o nakusu kaizen hōhō! [What is teuchi in baseball? How to improve a weak grounder]”, in Supochūbā TV[1]:
      ヘッドが(はや)(かえ)ってしまえば、()いスイングをする(こと)(むずか)しくなります。()(きゅう)において()()(ほう)(おお)(げん)(いん)(ひと)つはここにあります。
      Heddo ga hayaku kaette shimaeba, yoi suingu o suru koto wa muzukashiku narimasu. Yakyū ni oite teuchi no hō no ōi gen'in no hitotsu wa koko ni arimasu.
      If the head of the bat comes around too quickly, it is hard to make a good swing. This is one of the most common causes of getting jammed in baseball.
  4. (historical) a samurai ordering an executing order to people who don't respect them

Hypernyms

Verb

()()する • (teuchi surusuru (stem ()() (teuchi shi), past ()()した (teuchi shita))

  1. to make noodles by hand
    • 1982 March 3, Fujiko F. Fujio, ドラえもん [Doraemon], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, 二十世紀のおとのさま [Feudal Lord of the 20st Century], page 36:
      とのさまはカンカン。()うちにするっていうんだ。
      Tonosama wa kankan. Teuchi ni suru tte iunda.
      The Feudal Lord was angry, said that he would like to execute.
      テウチそばうどん
      Teuchi? Soba ka udon?
      Execute for what? Making a soba or udon?
      (くび)ちょんぎること。
      Kubi o chongiru koto.
      I mean to behead someone.
  2. (historical) to execute people who don't respect a samurai
    • 1982 March 3, Fujiko F. Fujio, ドラえもん [Doraemon], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, 二十世紀のおとのさま [Feudal Lord of the 20st Century], page 36:
      とのさまはカンカン。()うちにするっていうんだ。
      Tonosama wa kankan. Teuchi ni suru tte iunda.
      The Feudal Lord was angry, said that he would like to execute.
      テウチ?そばうどん
      Teuchi? Soba ka udon?
      Execute for what? Making a soba or udon?
      (くび)ちょんぎること。
      Kubi o chongiru koto.
      I mean to behead someone.

Conjugation

See also

  • 切捨御免

References

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