JLPT N2 · Verb

突き当たる (tsukiataru)

突き当たる (つきあたる, tsukiataru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to run into; to collide with”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つきあたる
Romaji: tsukiataru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against · godan verb, intransitive
to come to the end of (a street) · godan verb, intransitive
to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

急いだあまり私はだれか人に突き当たった。

In my hurry I bumped into someone.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 突き当たる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	突き当たる	つきあたる tsukiataru
Polite (~masu)	突き当たります	つきあたります tsukiatarimasu
Negative	突き当たらない	つきあたらない tsukiataranai
Polite negative	突き当たりません	つきあたりません tsukiatarimasen
Past	突き当たった	つきあたった tsukiatatta
Polite past	突き当たりました	つきあたりました tsukiatarimashita
Negative past	突き当たらなかった	つきあたらなかった tsukiataranakatta
Te-form	突き当たって	つきあたって tsukiatatte
Potential	突き当たれる	つきあたれる tsukiatareru
Passive	突き当たられる	つきあたられる tsukiatarareru
Causative	突き当たらせる	つきあたらせる tsukiataraseru
Volitional	突き当たろう	つきあたろう tsukiatarou
Imperative	突き当たれ	つきあたれ tsukiatare
Conditional (~ba)	突き当たれば	つきあたれば tsukiatareba

Kanji in 突き当たる

突

stab, protruding, thrustトツ・カ・つ.く · 8 strokes

当

hit, right, appropriateトウ・あ.たる・あ.たり · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 突き当たる.

衝突しょうとつcollision突くつくto prick突然とつぜんabrupt煙突えんとつchimney突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)突き当たりつきあたりend (of a street, hallway, etc.)突如とつじょsuddenly突破とっぱbreaking through突くつつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)突っ張るつっぱるto cramp up突っ突くつっつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)本当ほんとうtruthお弁当おべんとうbento適当てきとうsuitable

Source: JMdict entry 1456780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.