キックkikku

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbkick

• Synonym蹴るけるNeutralNeutral native verb meaning to kick, also to refuse a request; 「キック」 is a loanword noun heard mostly in sports and martial arts.
• Synonym蹴飛ばすけとばすCasualColloquial. Kicks something hard to send it flying, and can also mean flatly refusing a request; 「キック」 is a loanword noun with no sense of rejection.
• Synonym蹴りつけるけりつけるCasualColloquial. Kicking hard at a person or thing, with an aggressive edge; 「キック」 refers to the act of kicking in general.
• Synonym蹴りけりNeutralNeutral native noun for a kick, as in 「蹴りを入れる」; interchangeable with 「キック」, which has a stronger loanword feel.
• Synonym蹴っ飛ばすけっとばすCasualColloquial emphatic form of 「蹴飛ばす」: kicking something hard and sending it flying; 「キック」 is just the act of kicking itself.
• Related足蹴あしげWrittenWritten/formal prose. Kicking with the foot, and by extension treating someone roughly, as in 「足蹴にする」; 「キック」 has no such figurative use.
• Related蹴り入れるけりいれるCasualKicking a ball etc. into somewhere, such as a goal; 「キック」 names the kick itself and does not include it going in.

Use 「キック」 for kicks in soccer and martial arts, as in 「フリーキック」. For everyday kicking say 「蹴る」 or 「蹴り」; for kicking something hard away, 「蹴飛ばす」; for treating someone like dirt, 「足蹴」.

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

1. 足あしで蹴けること。