to strike ②to attack ③to sound out (someone's views) ④to pound (meat or fish)

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board) ②to throw into (e.g. jail) ③to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.)

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first) ②hitting (e.g. a drum) ③bashing ④robbery

to smash up

to throw violently against ②to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

to knock down

to begin to strike ②to kick out ③to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

to wake up ②to knock on the door and wake someone

beating someone up by ganging up on them

to work one's way up

to beat down prices

spanking ②traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, is hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility

talking a lot

a hundred lashes

sacrifice sale

to clap

to knock down

to smash

to beat out (a fire)

to hack

slapdown

tool used to extract combusted tobacco from a kiseru pipe

kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

kowtow