突く

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
突く (kyūjitai)
衝く
撞く
捺く

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「突く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
突く
Imperative (命令形) 突け
Key constructions
Passive 突かれる かれる
Causative 突かせる かせる
Potential 突ける ける
Volitional 突こう
Negative 突かない かない
Negative perfective 突かなかった かなかった
Formal 突きます きま
Perfective 突いた いた
Conjunctive 突いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 突けば

Verb

() (tsukutransitive godan (stem () (tsuki), past ()いた (tsuita))

  1. poke, push, jab, prod, ram
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
突く (kyūjitai)
突付く
突つく

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「突く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
突く
Imperative (命令形) 突け
Key constructions
Passive 突かれる つかれ
Causative 突かせる つかせ
Potential 突ける つけ
Volitional 突こう つこ
Negative 突かない つかない
Negative perfective 突かなかった つかなかった
Formal 突きます つきま
Perfective 突いた いた
Conjunctive 突いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 突けば けば

Verb

(つつ) (tsutsukutransitive godan (stem (つつ) (tsutsuki), past (つつ)いた (tsutsuita))

  1. to poke (with fingers, etc.)
  2. to peck at
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN