clapping hands, applause, clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
拍車【はくしゃ】
(riding) spur, spurring on, acceleration, impetus
拍子【ひょうし】
(musical) time, tempo, beat, rhythm, the moment, the instance, chance
心拍数【しんぱくすう】
heart rate, pulse rate
手拍子【てびょうし】
beating time with one's hands, clapping to the beat, making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.), responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
三拍子【さんびょうし】
triple time, triple meter, triple metre, three-four time, three important requisites
拍子抜け【ひょうしぬけ】
anticlimax, let-down, disappointment, loss of interest
