槌(つち)

つち

noun

mallet; hammer

1. mallet; hammer (with a wooden or metal head)

A striking tool with a heavy head fixed at right angles to a handle, used to drive chisels, stakes, and pegs or to pound materials. The head may be wood or metal.

槌(つち)で杭(くい)を打(う)つ。

Drive a stake in with a mallet.

職人(しょくにん)が槌(つち)を振(ふ)り下(お)ろした。

The craftsman brought the hammer down.

昔(むかし)の鍛冶屋(かじや)は槌(つち)で熱(あつ)い鉄(てつ)を叩(たた)いて形(かたち)を作(つく)った。

Blacksmiths of old shaped hot iron by striking it with a hammer.

A somewhat literary or trade term; in everyday speech ハンマー or 金槌(かなづち) (metal-headed hammer) is more common.

Common collocations

槌(つち)を振(ふ)るう: to wield a mallet
槌(つち)で打(う)つ: to strike with a mallet
木槌(きづち): wooden mallet

Similar words

金槌(かなづち): metal hammer — also the everyday word for someone who cannot swim
ハンマー: hammer — the common katakana loanword

Related Words

Compare: ハンマー (hammer)

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