相づちを打つ – Vocabulary details

相あいづちを打うつ

Expression

Verb (5-dan, つ)

1. to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

towards each other

strike

① しばしば会話中に挿入される間投詞やうなずきなどの行動。② 二人の鍛冶職人が交互に槌を打つこと。

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

「私わたしもそう思おもうわ」と彼かの女じょは相あいづちを打うった。

"I think so, too," she chimed in.

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