Word · 単語
突く
Reading つく
to prick
- 1 to prick, to stab
- 2 to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike
- 3 to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.)
- 4 to attack
- 5 to brave (the rain, etc.)
N3
JLPT
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strokes
#3466
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
藪をつついてヘビを出す。
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
sense 1 · to prick
鳥たちが地面をつついている。
Birds are pecking at the grounds.
sense 2 · to poke
テーブルにひじを突くのはやめなさい。
Stop resting your elbows on the table.
sense 3 · to use (a cane)
やぶを突いて蛇をだすな。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
sense 1 · to prick
針で親指を突いてしまった。
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
sense 1 · to prick