Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a cook uses the tip of a single long cooking chopstick to poke a swollen fried-tofu pouch resting on a plate. The tip visibly indents one small spot while the cook’s other hand steadies the plate.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

突つく

tsuku

to poke, to strike

鼻を突く can describe a smell striking the nose. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

羽子板はごいたで突つく羽はねの玉たまは「むくろじ」という大木たいぼくの種たねです。
The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ふたをあけた瞬間しゅんかん、ツーンと悪臭あくしゅうが鼻はなをつく。
The instant I open the lid an offensive smell greets my nose.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれの演説えんぜつは短みじかくて要点ようてんをついていた。
His speech was brief and to the point.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 突

突stab; protrudingOnトツ・カKunつく

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