突く
つく
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ku), Transitive
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.)
All 9 meanings
- to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
- to peck at (one's food); to pick at
- to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
- to egg on; to put up to
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 突くつく | 突きますつきます |
| Negative | 突かないつかない | 突きませんつきません |
| Past | 突いたついた | 突きましたつきました |
| Past negative | 突かなかったつかなかった | 突きませんでしたつきませんでした |
| Te-form | 突いてついて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 突けるつける |
| Passive | 突かれるつかれる |
| Causative | 突かせるつかせる |
| Volitional | 突こうつこう |
| Imperative | 突けつけ |
| Conditional (ば) | 突けばつけば |
| Conditional (たら) | 突いたらついたら |
Example sentences
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Our supply of food is exhausted.
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Let sleeping dogs lie.
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I pricked my thumb with a needle.
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Stop resting your elbows on the table.
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The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.
More examples (10)
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The kid stumbled and fell to his knees.
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I didn't feel a thing as he was poking around in there.
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The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
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He sat at the table with his chin cupped in one hand.
若い頃ってさぁ、結婚式に行くのが嫌で嫌でたまらなかったわ。おばあちゃんや叔母さんたちがさぁ、寄って集って私の脇腹を突いては「次はあんたの番よ！あんたの！」なんて言いながら、クスクス笑うのよ。私がさぁ、葬式で同じことし始めたらさぁ、あの人たち、やっとこのくだらないことをやめてくれたわ。
When I was younger, I hated going to weddings. My grandmothers and aunts would huddle around me, poke me in the side, and giggle "You're next! You're next!" They only stopped this nonsense when I began to do the same thing at funerals.
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It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
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Birds are pecking at the grounds.
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He elbowed me in the ribs.
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His speech was brief and to the point.
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He nudged me to go ahead.