How to say "beating" in Japanese

• どんどんJLPT N4approx.Common
  adverb (with と)The onomatopoeic choice: it evokes the sound of beating — drumming, pounding, banging — describing repeated heavy blows by their noise rather than naming the act itself.
  だれかがドアをどんどんたたいている。↗

  Someone is battering at the door.
• リンチCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers a beating inflicted as punishment, and also mob violence or mob justice. The nuance is a crowd or punisher taking matters into its own hands, not a single accidental blow.
• 打撲だぼくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA blow or hit on the body — the injury sense of 'beating'. It points to the blow received, not to the noise or the act of striking.
• 叩きたたきCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)The act of hitting or striking something, a drum for instance; it can also denote the person who strikes. A plain, action-focused noun for beating.
• 刻みきざみCommon
  nounMarginal as a translation of 'beating': it really covers rapping on a percussion instrument. Unless that specific image is what you mean, this is seldom the word you want.

Choose 「どんどん」 for the sound of repeated drumming or pounding, 「リンチ」 for punishment or mob beatings, 打撲 for a blow to the body, 「叩き」 for the act of striking, and 「刻み」 for rapping out rhythm.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• どんどんdrumming (noise)
• リンチbeating (inflicted as punishment)
• 打撲だぼくblow
• ときめきbeating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.)
• おさ打ちおさうちbeating
• 叩解こうかいbeating (in papermaking)
• 折檻せっかんphysical punishment
• 打擲ちょうちゃくthrashing
• 攪拌かくはんagitation
• 叩きたたきhitting (e.g. a drum)
• 刻みきざみrapping (a percussion instrument)
• 轟きとどろきbeating
• クリアcompleting (a game, level, etc.)