拍手|はくしゅhakushu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbclapping hands; applause
    その公演こうえんは万雷ばんらいの拍手はくしゅを受うけた。↗
    The performance was received with applause.
  2. nounclapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
Conjugation
Dictionary form拍手する(はくしゅする)
Polite (masu)拍手します(はくしゅします)
Negative (nai)拍手しない(はくしゅしない)
polite (masen)拍手しません(はくしゅしません)
classical zu / nu拍手せず・拍手せぬ(はくしゅせず・はくしゅせぬ)
Past (ta)拍手した(はくしゅした)
polite (mashita)拍手しました(はくしゅしました)
Past negative (nakatta)拍手しなかった(はくしゅしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)拍手しませんでした(はくしゅしませんでした)
Te form拍手して(はくしゅして)
Potential拍手できる(はくしゅできる)
Passive拍手される(はくしゅされる)
Causative拍手させる(はくしゅさせる)
Causative passive拍手させられる(はくしゅさせられる)
Conditional (ba)拍手すれば(はくしゅすれば)
tara拍手したら(はくしゅしたら)
Volitional拍手しよう(はくしゅしよう)
polite (mashou)拍手しましょう(はくしゅしましょう)
Imperative拍手しろ(はくしゅしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym喝采かっさいWrittenWritten/formal: praising aloud with cheers rather than clapping. Often paired with the headword as 「拍手喝采」.
  • Related歓呼かんこWrittenWritten/formal: shouts of joy, as in 「歓呼の声」. The emphasis is on voices raised in delight, not on clapping.
  • Antonym非難ひなんNeutralNeutral: criticism or blame. The opposite of the approval and praise that 「拍手」 expresses.
  • AntonymブーイングNeutralNeutral loanword for booing: an audience hissing to show displeasure — the opposite of 「拍手」.

Use 「拍手」 for clapping or applause. For cheering aloud choose 「喝采」, often as 「拍手喝采」; for shouts of joy, 「歓呼」. The opposite reaction is 「ブーイング」, booing from the crowd.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 開ひらいた手てのひらをうちならすこと。賛成さんせいや賞賛しょうさんなどの意思いし表示ひょうじや、神拝しんぱいの際さいに行おこなう。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents

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