首を突っ込む

Reading

Kana: くびをつっこむ

Romaji: kubiwotsukkomu

Definitions

exp

v5m

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to meddle in

2

to poke one's head (into a room)

Kanji

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

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

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.

彼女(かのじょ)は何(なに)にでも首(くび)を突(つ)っ込(こ)みたがる。

➥She is curious about anything.

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.

私(わたし)はあなたのことに首(くび)をつっこむつもりはない。

➥I don't mean to poke my nose into your affairs.