突っ込む

つっこむ· also ツッコむ

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove

JLPT N2 Common word Also written 突っこむ、突込む

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-mu), Transitive

    to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove
  2. Godan verb (-mu), Intransitive

    to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into
  3. to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something)
  4. Godan verb (-mu), Transitive

    to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill
  5. to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into
All 6 meanings
  1. Godan verb (-mu), Intransitive

    to riposte; to retort; to quip

Forms

PlainPolite
Present突っ込むつっこむ突っ込みますつっこみます
Negative突っ込まないつっこまない突っ込みませんつっこみません
Past突っ込んだつっこんだ突っ込みましたつっこみました
Past negative突っ込まなかったつっこまなかった突っ込みませんでしたつっこみませんでした
Te-form突っ込んでつっこんで
Potential突っ込めるつっこめる
Passive突っ込まれるつっこまれる
Causative突っ込ませるつっこませる
Volitional突っ込もうつっこもう
Imperative突っ込めつっこめ
Conditional (ば)突っ込めばつっこめば
Conditional (たら)突っ込んだらつっこんだら

Example sentences

  • 車くるまは木きに突つっ込こんだ。

    The car ran into a tree.

  • トムは泥沼どろぬまに突つっ込こんだ。

    Tom fell into the mud.

  • 首くび突つっ込こんでこないでよ。

    Don't interfere.

  • 彼かれはポケットに手てを突つっ込こんだ。

    He put his hands in his pockets.

  • 私わたしはポケットに手てを突つっ込こんだ。

    I thrust my hand into my pocket.

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