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つく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to prick; to stab
I pricked my finger with a needle.
2. to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
I try to counter-argue, as if lightly poking.
3. to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
My grandfather walks with a cane.
4. to attack
This time we want to be the ones to attack that opening!
5. to brave (the rain, etc.)
Alt. forms
突つく
85%
つく
8%
衝つく
5%
撞つく
捺つく
Pitch accent
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つ
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Conjugations...Used in: 821
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
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Examples (16 in total)
Fancy losing your temper just because someone hit the nail on the head.
So you went after that point, just as I thought.
My grandfather walks with a cane.
I pricked my finger with a needle.
Let's find the gaps and exploit them!
If you prick a balloon with a needle, it pops.
Stop resting your elbows on the table.
I try to counter-argue, as if lightly poking.
The person next to me nudged me with an elbow, and I woke up.
Even I'm at a loss when you point that out.
Prick the potato with a fork to check whether it's soft.
He crashes head-first into the floor without even putting his hands out.
Propping my elbows on the table, I rest my chin on the back of my hand.
They must be able to easily formulate a strategy that exploits that weakness.
I got pushed from behind, elbowed in the side, and stepped on.
This is a strategy that very cleverly exploits human psychology.