突っ込む

突込む

Reading

Kana: つっこむ

Romaji: tsukkomu

Definitions

v5m

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram

2

to plunge into; to go into deeply

3

to get involved with; to meddle; to poke one's nose into

4

to riposte; to retort; to quip

Kanji

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

込

Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める

Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Example Sentences

車(くるま)は木(き)に突(つ)っ込(こ)んだ。

➥The car ran into a tree.

他人(たにん)のことに首(くび)を突(つ)っ込(こ)むな。

➥Don't pry into the affairs of others.

彼(かれ)はポケットに手(て)を突(つ)っ込(こ)んだ。

➥He put his hands in his pockets.

彼(かれ)は本(ほん)を鞄(かばん)につっこんだ。

➥He stuck the book in his bag.

私(わたし)はポケットに手(て)を突(つ)っ込(こ)んだ。

➥I thrust my hand into my pocket.

テニスに首(くび)をつっこんでみようか。

➥I think I'll go in for tennis.