How to say "pound" in Japanese

• 听ポンドCommon
  nounThe unit of weight: use it when stating a weight in pounds, such as a person's body weight; it has no connection to hitting or striking.
  彼女かのじょはバターを２ポンド買かいました。↗

  She bought two pounds of butter.
• 打つうつJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe all-purpose verb for hitting or striking; it covers 'pound' when you mean to strike or beat something, though for pounding over and over on a door or table 叩く is the closer match.
  階段かいだんから落おちて背中せなかを強つよく打うちました。↗

  I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.
• 叩くたたくJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbStriking something with a hand or an object, typically again and again: this fits 'pound' in its repeated-striking sense, as in pounding on a door or table.
  見知みしらぬ人ひとが玄関げんかんのドアをしきりにたたいた。↗

  A stranger beat urgently at the front door.
• 砕くくだくJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'pound' in the sense of crushing or smashing: use it when something is pounded until it breaks into pieces, where the result matters more than the blows.
  ピックは硬かたい地表ちひょうを砕くだくために用もちいられる長ながい取っ手とっての道具どうぐだ。↗

  A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.
• ドキドキJLPT N2approx.Common
  suru verbThe pounding of the heart: an onomatopoeic word for a heart that beats fast or throbs, as when you are nervous or excited — 'my heart is pounding.'

Choose by sense: the weight unit has its own word, while the verbs split between striking in general, pounding repeatedly on a surface, crushing something to pieces, and a heart pounding.

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

• ポンドpound (unit of weight)
• 打つうつto hit
• 叩くたたくto strike
• 砕くくだくto break (into pieces)
• つくto hull (rice, barley, etc.)
• 脈打つみゃくうつto pound (e.g. heart)
• パウンドpound (unit of weight)
• ときめかすto make (one's heart) beat fast (with excitement, etc.)
• 突き砕くつきくだくto grind up
• ときめくto beat fast (of one's heart)
• 動物収容所どうぶつしゅうようじょanimal shelter
• どきどきto beat fast (of one's heart)
• 波打つなみうつto wave (e.g. in the wind)
• 躍るおどるto pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement)
• 轟くとどろくto pound (of one's heart)