突く

Meaning

1. v5kvt
   to prick; to stab
2. v5kvt
   to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
3. v5kvt
   to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
4. v5kvt
   to attack
5. v5kvt
   to brave (the rain, etc.)
6. v5kvt
   to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
7. v5kvt
   to peck at (one's food); to pick at
8. v5kvt
   to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
9. v5kvt
   to egg on; to put up to

Example sentences

• 羽子板で突く羽の玉は「むくろじ」という大木の種です。

  The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.

• 彼はあごを片手にもたせて食卓にひじを突いて座っていた。

  He sat at the table with his chin cupped in one hand.

• 針で親指を突いてしまった。

  I pricked my thumb with a needle.