突く (つつく): to thrust, to strike, to attack; to poke, to nudge, to pick at — Japanese vocabulary
突く is read つつく and means "to thrust, to strike, to attack; to poke, to nudge, to pick at". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
突く
- Reading
- つつく · tsutsuku
- Translation
- to thrust, to strike, to attack; to poke, to nudge, to pick at
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- つつくが
Example
彼は私をつついて先に行けと合図した。
かれはわたしをつついてさきにいけとあいずした。
He nudged me to go ahead.
Kanji in this word
- 突 — thrust, 突進
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