Word details

突き止める

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 突き止める.

Dictionary

Entry

突き止めるきとめTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6755
1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; to locate; to identify

Examples
ホームページに住所を書いたら、その気になれば誰でもあなたの居所を突き止められる
If you write your address on a web-page, anybody can find out where you live if the whim takes them.
2

Archaic

to stab to death

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

8 strokesFrequency 521JLPT N2Grade 8

On

トツ

Kun

つ.く

stop, halt

4 strokesFrequency 310JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

と.まる-ど.まりと.める-と.める-ど.めとど.めるとど.めとど.まるや.めるや.む-や.むよ.す-さ.す-さ.し

Nanori

どめ

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