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やっつける

to beat, to defeat, to finish off, to knock (a job) off

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Examples

  1. 我々はたくさんの敵をやっつけた。

    われわれはたくさんのてきをやっつけた。

    We defeated a great many enemies.

  2. 宿題を一時間でやっつけた。

    しゅくだいをいちじかんでやっつけた。

    I knocked off my homework in an hour.

  3. ヒーローが怪物をやっつける場面が一番人気だそうだ。

    ヒーローがかいぶつをやっつけるばめんがいちばんにんきだそうだ。

    Apparently the scene where the hero defeats the monster is the most popular one.

Common patterns

敵をやっつける
to beat the enemy
仕事をやっつける
to polish off a job
一気にやっつける
to finish it off in one go

Memory tip

Casual, spoken word with two lives: beating an opponent, and rattling off a task — the second often hints the job was done fast and roughly (やっつけ仕事 = a slapdash job).

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