突く – Vocabulary details

突つく

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)

1. to prick; to stab

針はりで指ゆびを突ついてしまった。I pricked my finger with a needle.

2. to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike

軽かるく突つくように、反はん論ろんしてみる。I try to counter-argue, as if lightly poking.

3. to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)

祖そ父ふは杖つえを突ついて歩あるく。My grandfather walks with a cane.

4. to attack

その隙すきを今こん度どは私わたしたちが突つきたいのです！This time we want to be the ones to attack that opening!

5. to brave (the rain, etc.)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

突

thrust

Pitch accent

つ

く

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く

Conjugations...Used in: 3295

Used in vocabulary (32 in total)

隙すきを突つく

to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard

膝ひざを突つく

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

意い表ひょうを突つく

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

29 more...

Examples (16 in total)

図ず星ぼしを突つかれて切きれるなんて。

Fancy losing your temper just because someone hit the nail on the head.

やはりそこを突ついてきたか。

So you went after that point, just as I thought.

祖そ父ふは杖つえを突ついて歩あるく。

My grandfather walks with a cane.