突き止める
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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突 | 止 |
つ Grade: S |
と Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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突き止める (kyūjitai) 突きとめる 突止める 突き留める |
Etymology
editCompound of 突き (tsuki, “to stab”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 突く (tsuku, “to poke, push, prod, ram”).) + 止める (tomeru, “to stop”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit突き止める • (tsukitomeru) transitive ichidan (stem 突き止め (tsukitome), past 突き止めた (tsukitometa))
- to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause), to pin down, to ascertain
- (archaic) to stab to death
- Synonym: 突き殺す
Conjugation
editConjugation of "突き止める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 突き止め | つきと | tsukito | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 突き止め | つきと | tsukito | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 突き止める | つきとる | tsukitoru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 突き止める | つきとる | tsukitoru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 突き止めれ | つきとれ | tsukitore | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 突き止めよ¹ 突き止めろ² |
つきとよ¹ つきとろ² |
tsukitoyo¹ tsukitoro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 突き止められる | つきとられる | tsukitorareru | |
Causative | 突き止めさせる 突き止めさす |
つきとさせる つきとさす |
tsukitosaseru tsukitosasu | |
Potential | 突き止められる 突き止めれる³ |
つきとられる つきとれる³ |
tsukitorareru tsukitoreru³ | |
Volitional | 突き止めよう | つきとよう | tsukitoyō | |
Negative | 突き止めない 突き止めぬ 突き止めん |
つきとない つきとぬ つきとん |
tsukitonai tsukitonu tsukiton | |
Negative continuative | 突き止めず | つきとず | tsukitozu | |
Formal | 突き止めます | つきとます | tsukitomasu | |
Perfective | 突き止めた | つきとた | tsukitota | |
Conjunctive | 突き止めて | つきとて | tsukitote | |
Hypothetical conditional | 突き止めれば | つきとれば | tsukitoreba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 突 read as つ
- Japanese terms spelled with 止 read as と
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
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- Japanese transitive verbs
- Japanese type 2 verbs
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