打診

だしん

sounding someone out

打診器

だしんき

plexor; plessor; percussor

相槌を打つ

あいづちをうつ

to throw in appropriate words in a conversation, to make agreeable responses, to be a yes-man

意向打診

いこうだしん

sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone

槌

つち

hammer, mallet, sledge(hammer), gavel

打ち出の小槌

うちでのこづち

magic mallet, lucky mallet, nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

才槌

さいづち

small wooden mallet

槌音

hammering sound; hammering

槌鯨

つちくじら ツチクジラ

Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)

木槌

きづち

wooden hammer, wooden mallet

金槌

かなづち カナヅチ

hammer

槌骨

つちこつ ついこつ

malleus (bone of the ear)

小槌

こづち

(small) mallet, gavel

相槌

あいづち あいずち

back-channeling, sounds given during a conversation to indicate comprehension

鉄槌

てっつい

iron hammer

石槌

いしつつ いしづち

stone hammer

横槌

round mallet

槌目

つちめ

hammered mark, hammered pattern

報告対象打診

ほうこくたいしょうだしん

subject probe