Japanese symbol for “thrashing”
大破
たいは
Romaji: taiha
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked
In Japanese, thrashing is 大破, read たいは (taiha).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked
- n, vs, vt thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “thrashing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打擲 | ちょうちゃく chouchaku | thrashing; beating |
| バタバタ | バタバタ batabata | (running) with a clatter; noisily; thrashing (around) |
| ボロ負け | ぼろまけ boromake | (suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 破壊 | はかい hakai | destruction; disruption |
| 突破 | とっぱ toppa | breaking through; breakthrough; penetration |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.