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Illustration of 突く

突つつく

つつく tsutsuku Play N1 Godan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

棒などで物を突いたり、つついたりする。 to thrust; to strike; to attack; to poke; to nudge; to pick at

Example 1

やぶを突つついて蛇へびをだすな。

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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Example 2

藪やぶをつついてヘビを出だす。

It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.

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Kanji breakdown

突

N3

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

On reading
トツ、カ
Kun reading
つ.く
Radical
穴
Illustration of 突っ張る

突っ張る

N1

つっぱる

to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (ones opponent); to stick to (ones opinion)

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

Illustration of 突然

突然

N3

とつぜん

abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly; all at once

Illustration of 衝突

衝突

N3

しょうとつ

collision; conflict