突く

突付く突つく

Reading

Kana: つつく
Romaji: tsutsuku
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Definitions

v5k
vt
1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

to peck at (one's food); to pick at

3

to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)

4

to egg on; to put up to

Kanji

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: フ、 つ.ける、 -つ.ける、 -づ.ける、 つ.け、 つ.け-、 -つ.け、 -づ.け、 -づけ、 つ.く、 -づ.く、 つ.き、 -つ.き、 -つき、 -づ.き、 -づき
Meanings: adhere, attach, refer to, append

Example Sentences

(やぶ)をつついてヘビを()す。
➥It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
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やぶを()いて(へび)をだすな。
➥Let sleeping dogs lie.
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珍客(ちんきゃく)も3(にち)いれば(はな)につく。
➥Even a rare guest wears out his welcome after three days.
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我々(われわれ)食料(しょくりょう)(そこ)()いた。
➥Our supply of food is exhausted.
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(はり)親指(おやゆび)()いてしまった。
➥I pricked my thumb with a needle.
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(きみ)はみんなの意表(いひょう)をついたね。
➥You surprised everybody.
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