Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
突き詰める (kyūjitai)
突きつめる
突詰める

Etymology edit

Compound of () (tsuki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (tsuku, to poke, push, prod, ram).) + ()める (tsumeru, to do thoroughly).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) きつめ [tsùkítsúméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝkʲit͡sɨᵝme̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb edit

()()める (tsukitsumerutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (tsukitsume), past ()()めた (tsukitsumeta))

  1. to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to get to the bottom of the truth of the matter
    Synonym: 突き止める
  2. to brood over, to be obsessed over a thought
    Synonym: 思い詰める

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN