Word Meaning 舌鼓を打つ

したつづみをうつ shitatsuzumi o utsu

舌鼓を打つ is read as したつづみをうつ (shitatsuzumi o utsu) and means to smack one's lips (over a dish).

Meaning

English

to smack one's lips (over a dish)
to eat with relish

Reading

Kana

したつづみをうつ

Romaji

shitatsuzumi o utsu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Related Words 味わう,堪能する,嗜む,味,味わい,食べる,飲む,嗅ぐ Proverb ✓ Rank 141268 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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舌鼓

したつづみ

smacking one's lips (over food)

舌打ち

したうち

smacking one's lips (with relish)

腹鼓を打つ

はらつずみをうつ

to eat to one's hearts content

打ち出し太鼓

うちだしだいこ

drum signalling end of a performance

太鼓打

たいこうち

Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)

舌

した

tongue

舌戦

ぜっせん

war of words

舌足らず

したたらず

lisping

舌触り

したざわり

feel on the tongue (of food or drink)

舌先三分

したさきさんぶ

a glib tongue (with fair words)

舌形動物

したがたどうぶつ

pentastomid (any worm of phylum Pentastomida)

舌下神経

ぜっかしんけい

hypoglossal nerve