貫く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
貫
つらぬ
Grade: S

Etymology

From 列(つら) (tsura, “row”, archaic) + 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “to go through”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「貫く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		貫く つらぬく
Imperative (命令形) 貫け つらぬけ
Key constructions
Passive 貫かれる つらぬかれる
Causative 貫かせる つらぬかせる
Potential 貫ける つらぬける
Volitional 貫こう つらぬこー
Negative 貫かない つらぬかない
Negative perfective 貫かなかった つらぬかなかった
Formal 貫きます つらぬきます
Perfective 貫いた つらぬいた
Conjunctive 貫いて つらぬいて
Hypothetical conditional 貫けば つらぬけば

Verb

貫(つらぬ)く • (tsuranuku) transitive godan (stem 貫(つらぬ)き (tsuranuki), past 貫(つらぬ)いた (tsuranuita))

  1. pierce, go through
    弾(だん)丸(がん)が壁(かべ)を貫(つらぬ)いた
    dangan ga kabe o tsuranuita
    The bullet went through the wall
  2. stick to a belief

Conjugation

Conjugation of "貫く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 貫か つらぬか tsuranuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 貫き つらぬき tsuranuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 貫く つらぬく tsuranuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 貫く つらぬく tsuranuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 貫け つらぬけ tsuranuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 貫け つらぬけ tsuranuke
Key constructions
Passive 貫かれる つらぬかれる tsuranukareru
Causative 貫かせる
貫かす 		つらぬかせる
つらぬかす 		tsuranukaseru
tsuranukasu
Potential 貫ける つらぬける tsuranukeru
Volitional 貫こう つらぬこう tsuranukō
Negative 貫かない つらぬかない tsuranukanai
Negative continuative 貫かず つらぬかず tsuranukazu
Formal 貫きます つらぬきます tsuranukimasu
Perfective 貫いた つらぬいた tsuranuita
Conjunctive 貫いて つらぬいて tsuranuite
Hypothetical conditional 貫けば つらぬけば tsuranukeba
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