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突つっ張ぱる

つっぱる tsupparu Play N1 Godan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

支えたり、体や物がこわばったり張りつめたりする。また、相手に突き出るように攻めたり、自分の意見を強く押し通したりする。 to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (ones opponent); to stick to (ones opinion)

Example 1

彼女は反対されても、自分の意見を突っ張った。

Even when opposed, she stuck to her opinion.

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Example 2

彼は倒れかけた棚を背中で突っ張って支えた。

He braced the tilting shelf with his back to support it.

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Kanji breakdown

張

N1

counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretch; spread; put up (tent)

On reading
チョウ
Kun reading
は.る、-は.り、-ば.り
Radical
弓

突

N3

stab; protruding; thrust; pierce; prick; collision; sudden

On reading
トツ、カ
Kun reading
つ.く
Radical
穴
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嵩張る

N1

かさばる

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

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張り紙

N1

はりがみ

paper patch; paper backing; poster

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突く

N1

つつく

to thrust; to strike; to attack; to poke; to nudge; to pick at

Illustration of 突如

突如

N1

とつじょ

suddenly; all of a sudden

Illustration of 突破

突破

N1

とっぱ

breaking through; breakthrough; penetration