打ちのめす

• 読み: うちのめす
• ローマ字: uchinomesu
• 漢字の分解: 打 (da/u) — strike, blow
• 発音: /ɯ.tɕi.no.me.sɯ/

意味

To knock down; to defeat thoroughly; to crush utterly. Implies overwhelming someone physically or emotionally, leaving no room for recovery.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb where 打ち (uchi, striking) intensifies のめす, a verb meaning to fell or lay flat. Together they convey total defeat — not just winning but leaving the opponent incapacitated. Figuratively it is used for devastating emotional blows, crushing losses of confidence, or overwhelming setbacks. The subject can be a person, circumstance, or abstract force.

例文

1. チャンピオンは挑戦者を完全に打ちのめし、試合を終わらせた。
2. 度重なる失敗が彼の自信を打ちのめしてしまった。
3. 現実の厳しさに打ちのめされながらも、彼は立ち上がった。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, conflict, psychology, literature

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 打つ (utsu, to strike) and のめす (nomesu, to fell, knock flat). のめす derives from のめる (to pitch forward, to fall prostrate). The 打ち prefix makes the action sudden and decisive.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal