打撃

だげき

blow, damage; batting (baseball)

Also:batting

What does 打撃 mean?

打撃 is a Japanese noun meaning blow, damage; batting (baseball) in English. It can also be translated as batting depending on context. It is written as 打撃 in kanji, だげき in hiragana, and dageki in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

この何ヶ月かはひどい打撃を受けました。

I took such a hammering over recent months.