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突き当たる (つきあたる): to run into, to collide with — Japanese vocabulary

突き当たる is read つきあたる and means "to run into, to collide with". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

突き当たる

Reading
つきあたる · tsukiataru
Translation
to run into, to collide with
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
つきあたるが

Example

急いだあまり私はだれか人に突き当たった。

いそいだあまりわたしはだれかひとにつきあたった。

In my hurry I bumped into someone.

Kanji in this word

  • 突 — thrust, 突進
  • 当 — hit, right

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