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    3. 手拍子

    手拍子

    手て拍びょう子し

    beating time with one's hands

    KMT9News #33+1Music & EntertainmentKanji Vocab15 strokes

    てびょうし

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    beating time with one's hands, clapping to the beat

    Noun

    2.
    making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.), responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    歌うたに合あわせて手て拍びょう子しを打うちました。

    I clapped my hands to the song.

    KMT5Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    ライブ会かい場じょうは、観かん客きゃくの手て拍びょう子しで一いっ体たい感かんに包つつまれました。

    The live venue was filled with a sense of unity from the audience's clapping.

    KMT9Music & Entertainment
    伝でん統とう的てきな日 本 の祭まつりでは、太たい鼓この音おとに合あわせて手て拍びょう子しを取とることがよくあります。

    In traditional Japanese festivals, people often clap their hands to the sound of drums.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    囲い碁ごで手て拍びょう子しを打うつと、後あとで後こう悔かいすることになる。

    If you make a careless move in Go, you will regret it later.

    KMT9Games
    彼かれの即そっ興きょう演えん奏そうに、自し然ぜんと手て拍びょう子しが起おこり、会かい場じょう全ぜん体たいが盛もり上あがった。

    His impromptu performance naturally led to clapping, and the entire venue became lively.

    KMT10Music & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    拍
    clap・beat (music)
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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