突つつく

つつく tsutsuku

to thrust
to strike
to attack
to poke
to nudge
to pick at

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

戳；捅

Examples

Furigana

やぶを突つついて蛇へびをだすな。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
不要打草惊蛇。
Tatoeba #193047
藪やぶをつついてヘビを出だす。
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
打草惊蛇。
Tatoeba #77078

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2564dfcfcb'); // 突く

{
  "id": "2564dfcfcb",
  "word": "突く",
  "reading": "つつく",
  "romaji": "tsutsuku",
  "meanings": [
    "to thrust",
    "to strike",
    "to attack",
    "to poke",
    "to nudge",
    "to pick at"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1456895,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "やぶを突いて蛇をだすな。",
      "furigana": "やぶを{突|つつ}いて{蛇|へび}をだすな。",
      "en": "Let sleeping dogs lie.",
      "tatoeba_id": 193047
    },
    {
      "ja": "藪をつついてヘビを出す。",
      "furigana": "{藪|やぶ}をつついてヘビを{出|だ}す。",
      "en": "It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.",
      "tatoeba_id": 77078
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b80c682ecbd557cd18f8de6f512a90239485107de568f15d7322e658b939aeee",
    "meanings": [
      "戳",
      "捅"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "やぶを突いて蛇をだすな。",
        "zh": "不要打草惊蛇。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "藪をつついてヘビを出す。",
        "zh": "打草惊蛇。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/2564dfcfcb",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1456895; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4ea3f7155a8062d61a4d2d12553edaaa8666949b6cd6ab9781818a26d8933de5"
  }
}