Lingaku突く【つく】
Frequency rank: 2,418. – 2,419. (for form つく: 437.)
- to prick; to stab
- to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
- to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
- to attack
- to brave (the rain, etc.)
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 突く【つく】Frequency rank: 2,418. – 2,419.
- 衝く【つく】Frequency rank: 24,002. – 24,164.
- 撞く【つく】Frequency rank: 52,627. – 54,043.
- 捺く【つく】
- つくFrequency rank: 437.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to prick; to stab
- to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
- to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
- to attack
- to brave (the rain, etc.)
This is used when describing actions like pricking or stabbing someone or something with a pointed object.
This meaning is used for actions like poking, prodding, nudging, hitting, or striking something.
This usage involves using a cane for support, propping oneself up with something, or pressing against a surface.
This is used to describe an action of attacking someone or something.
This meaning is used when someone bravely faces or endures harsh conditions like rain.
Generated collocations (experimental)
つきさす突き刺すto stab (someone or something)つきだす突き出すto thrust outつきとばす突き飛ばすto shove awayつきすすむ突き進むto push forwardつきあわせる突き合わせるto put together; to compareつく突くきごう(をきごう)するto poke (something); to prod (something)つきあげる突き上げるto push upつきこむ突き込むto thrust intoつきはなす突き放すto let go; to push awayとっ突がうら浦れるto brave (the rain, etc.)
Example sentences
31 results
The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.
He was standing by the gate with his hand in his pocket.
He sat at the table with his chin cupped in one hand.
I stepped in a puddle and now my shoes are completely soaked going squish squish squish.
The police could not establish the identity of the man.
The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.