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つつく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
While I was thinking about such things, I was poked on the shoulder.
2. to peck at (one's food); to pick at
We all talked while eating from the hot pot together.
3. to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
My boss nitpicked at my small mistakes.
4. to egg on; to put up to
Egged on by my friends, I told her how I felt.
Alt. forms
つつく
83%
突つつく
7%
突つつく
4%
突つ付つく
3%
Pitch accent
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つ
く
Top 6000
Conjugations...Used in: 2185
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
Examples (11 in total)
I wonder if I should poke it a little.
Egged on by my friends, I told her how I felt.
We all talked while eating from the hot pot together.
My boss nitpicked at my small mistakes.
Lucy poked me in the back.
Stop picking at other people's faults all the time.
I was just poking at the holes in your story.
Put up to it by my sister, I begged my dad for pocket money.
While I was thinking about such things, I was poked on the shoulder.
He is picking at the salad with the tip of his fork, but not bringing it to his mouth.
Maybe he has no appetite; he's just picking at his food with his chopsticks.