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突っ張る (つっぱる): to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on — Japanese vocabulary

突っ張る is read つっぱる and means "to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

突っ張る

Reading
つっぱる · tsupparu
Translation
to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
つっぱるが

Kanji in this word

  • 突 — thrust, 突進
  • 張 — stretch, spread

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