打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)し

うちっぱなし
noun
driving range; exposed concrete (finish)
sportsbuilding
1. driving range (golf)
A practice facility where golfers hit balls into a netted or open field. In Japan, often multi-tiered, with stations along the edge of a city or suburb.
週末(しゅうまつ)に打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)しに行(い)った。
I went to the driving range on the weekend.
駅前(えきまえ)の打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)しは夜(よる)遅(おそ)くまで営業(えいぎょう)している。
The driving range in front of the station is open until late at night.
ラウンドの前(まえ)に打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)しで調子(ちょうし)を整(ととの)えた。
I tuned up my swing at the driving range before the round.
2. exposed concrete; bare-concrete finish
A construction finish in which poured concrete is left visible rather than covered with paint, tile, or other cladding. Often associated with modernist architecture.
コンクリートの打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)しの壁(かべ)が特徴(とくちょう)の建物(たてもの)だ。
The building is characterized by its exposed concrete walls.
この家(いえ)は打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)しの床(ゆか)がモダンな印象(いんしょう)だ。
This house's exposed concrete floor gives it a modern feel.
打(う)ちっ放(ぱな)しのデザインは安藤忠雄(あんどうただお)の建築(けんちく)でよく知(し)られている。
The exposed concrete design is well known from Tadao Ando's architecture.

From the pattern verb+っぱなし ("leave Xed; do X and leave as-is"), built on 打(う)つ (to hit; to pour). The two main senses come from two different referents of 打(う)つ — hitting balls and pouring concrete.

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Compare: 練習場(れんしゅうじょう) (practice ground)
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Added 2026.6.3 12:09 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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