壁 打(かべう)ち

かべうち

noun

hitting against a wall; solo practice

sports communication

1. hitting against a wall; wall practice

practicing a ball sport by hitting or throwing a ball against a wall, typically done alone as training

毎日(まいにち)壁打(かべう)ちで練習(れんしゅう)している。

I practice by hitting against a wall every day.

テニスの壁打(かべう)ちは一人(ひとり)でもできるいい練習法(れんしゅうほう)だ。

Wall hitting in tennis is a good practice method you can do alone.

相手(あいて)がいないときは壁打(かべう)ちでフォームを確認(かくにん)するようにしている。

When I don't have a partner, I check my form by practicing against a wall.

2. talking to oneself; brainstorming alone; bouncing ideas off a wall

figuratively, the act of working through ideas or problems without a real conversation partner, as if hitting a ball against a wall

AIと壁打(かべう)ちしてみた。

I tried bouncing ideas off an AI.

アイデアの壁打(かべう)ちに付(つ)き合(あ)ってくれない？

Would you help me brainstorm some ideas?

企画(きかく)を提出(ていしゅつ)する前(まえ)に、同僚(どうりょう)と壁打(かべう)ちして内容(ないよう)を練(ね)った。

Before submitting the proposal, I bounced ideas off a colleague and refined the content.

Originally a sports term for solo practice by hitting a ball against a wall (tennis, squash, baseball). In recent years, the figurative sense of brainstorming or testing ideas has become very common in business and tech contexts, especially with the rise of AI chatbots being used as a "wall" to bounce ideas off of.

Common collocations

壁打(かべう)ちの相手(あいて): brainstorming partner (literally "wall-hitting partner")
壁打(かべう)ち練習(れんしゅう): wall-hitting practice
AIと壁打(かべう)ちする: to brainstorm with AI
壁打(かべう)ちに付(つ)き合(あ)う: to help someone brainstorm

Similar words

ブレインストーミング: brainstorming — the English loanword, used for structured group ideation
素振(すぶ)り: practice swings — solo practice of swinging a bat or racket without a ball
自問自答(じもんじとう): self-questioning — asking and answering one's own questions internally

Related Words

Compare: ブレインストーミング (brainstorming)

Compare: 素(す)振(ぶ)り (practice swings)

Compare: 自問自答(じもんじとう) (self-questioning)

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Added 2026.4.23 20:21 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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