はじく – Vocabulary details

はじく

Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to flip; to snap; to flick

2. to repel

3. to use (an abacus); to calculate

4. to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)

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to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

私わたしはショパンをはじく。

I play Chopin.

ピアノをはじくのは難むずかしい。

It is difficult to play the piano.

僕ぼくはギターをはじくのが好すきだ。

I am fond of playing the guitar.

私わたしはジルがピアノをはじくのを聞きいた。

I heard Jill play the piano.

誰だれがあなたにピアノをはじくのをおしえたの。

Who taught you to play the piano?

彼かの女じょがピアノをはじくのが聞きこえることがよくあります。

I often hear her play the piano.

あなたは私わたしの息むす子こがバイオリンをはじくのを聞ききましたか。

Did you hear my son play the violin?

トニーは彼かの女じょの声こえを聞きいて、ピアノをはじくのをやめました。

Tony heard her voice and stopped playing the piano.

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