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つつく

usually kana

Readings

つつくツツく

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5k, vtto poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
  2. 2.
    v5k, vtto peck at (one's food); to pick at
  3. 3.
    v5k, vtto peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
  4. 4.
    v5k, vtto egg on; to put up to

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.

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つつくつつく

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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