- 1. [v5k, vt] to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (uk)
- 2. [v5k, vt] to peck at (one's food); to pick at (uk)
- 3. [v5k, vt] to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (uk)
- 4. [v5k, vt] to egg on; to put up to (uk)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-ku)
| Dictionary form | つつく | (tsutsuku) |
| Polite | つつきます | (tsutsukimasu) |
| Past, plain | つついた | (tsutsuita) |
| Past, polite | つつきました | (tsutsukimashita) |
| Negative, plain | つつかない | (tsutsukanai) |
| Negative, polite | つつきません | (tsutsukimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | つつかなかった | (tsutsukanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | つつきませんでした | (tsutsukimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | つついて | (tsutsuite) |
| Potential | つつける | (tsutsukeru) |
| Volitional | つつこう | (tsutsukou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | つつけば | (tsutsukeba) |
| Passive | つつかれる | (tsutsukareru) |
| Causative | つつかせる | (tsutsukaseru) |
| Imperative | つつけ | (tsutsuke) |
Kanji in this word
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stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, suddenOn: トツ (totsu)、 カ (ka)Kun: つ.く (tsu.ku)
Example Sentences
藪をつついてヘビを出す。
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。
Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.