突き当たる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
突き當たる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of () (tsuki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (tsuku, to poke, push, prod, ram)) + ()たる (ataru, to hit).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「突き当たる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
突き当たる きあた
Imperative (命令形) 突き当たれ きあた
Key constructions
Passive 突き当たられる きあたられ
Causative 突き当たらせる きあたらせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 突き当たろう きあたろ
Negative 突き当たらない きあたらない
Negative perfective 突き当たらなかった きあたらなかった
Formal 突き当たります きあたりま
Perfective 突き当たった きあたった
Conjunctive 突き当たって きあたって
Hypothetical conditional 突き当たれば きあたれば

Verb

()()たる (tsukiataruintransitive godan (stem ()()たり (tsukiatari), past ()()たった (tsukiatatta))

  1. run into
  2. reach a dead end

Conjugation

See also