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► 動詞
叩く  [(2)たたく]    meaning:  beat  rank: 1
☆ バンドドラムを叩いている ⇨ He beats, plays, drums in a band

叩く  [(2)たたく]    meaning:  hit  rank: 1
☆ かがを叩いた ⇨ Someone tapped my shoulder  (☛ Hit relatively lightly. Can be to punish, but not to injure)
☆ 職人金槌で叩いてトランペット形作る ⇨ Craftsmen forms trumpets by hitting with hammers  (☛ Hit with an object like a stick, hammer, etc.)

叩きのめす  [(5)たたきのめす]    meaning:  beat  rank: 2
☆ 相手を叩きのめした ⇨ He beat the other guy to a pulp  (☛ Thrash thoroughly)

叩く  [(2)たたく]  [coll]    meaning:  criticize  rank: 2
☆ マスコミ経済について政府を叩いた ⇨ The media beat up on, criticized, the government for the economy

叩き込む  [(4)たたきこむ]  [coll]    meaning:  drive  rank: 2
☆ このをよく叩き込んでおけ ⇨ Drive this into your head (so you will never forget)

叩き付ける  [(5)たたきつける]    meaning:  hit  rank: 2
☆ 相手叩きつけた ⇨ He slammed the other guy’s face into the wall

叩き付ける  [(5)たたきつける]    meaning:  present  rank: 2
☆ 上司辞表叩きつけた ⇨ He slammed a resignation letter in his boss’s face  (☛ Usually used figuratively)

叩き込む  [(4)たたきこむ]  [coll]    meaning:  teach  rank: 2
☆ 弟子基本叩き込んだ ⇨ He firmly instilled the basics into his apprentice

叩き直す  [(5)たたきなおす]    meaning:  repair  rank: 3
☆ あいつの根性を叩き直してやる ⇨ I’m gonna beat his personality straight  (☛ Literally “beat and fix”. Usually used figuratively)

叩き起こす  [(5)たたきおこす]    meaning:  wake  rank: 3
☆ 真夜中に叩き起こされた ⇨ He got woke up in the middle of the night  (☛ Wake somebody up forcefully, especially in the middle of the night or very early)

叩き出す  [(4)たたきだす]    meaning:  beat  rank: 4
☆ これは板金を叩き出してられている ⇨ This is shaped by hammering out a sheet of metal

叩き出す  [(4)たたきだす]  [coll]    meaning:  exclude  rank: 4
☆ を叩き出された ⇨ He got kicked out of the house

叩き落とす  [(5)たたきおとす]    meaning:  hit  rank: 4
☆ を叩き落した ⇨ He swatted down a fly

叩き出す  [(4)たたきだす]    meaning:  hit  rank: 4
☆ 一人で五打点を叩き出した ⇨ He batted five RBI by himself

叩き上げる  [(5)たたきあげる]    meaning:  train  rank: 4
☆ 裸一貫から叩き上げただ ⇨ He started from naked, zero, and has worked all his way up

► 名詞
叩き上げ  [たたきあげ]    meaning:  worker  rank: 4
☆   (☛ Someone who doesn’t have formal education for the job and rather learned it through the practice)