貫く
つらぬく · tsuranuku
To go through, to pierce, to penetrate
- to run through (e.g. a river through a city), to pass through
- to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.), to carry out, to persist with, to keep (e.g. faith), to maintain (e.g. independence)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 貫きますつらぬきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 貫きませんつらぬきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 貫きましたつらぬきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 貫きませんでしたつらぬきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 貫きましょうつらぬきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 貫きつらぬき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 貫きたいつらぬきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 貫きながらつらぬきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 貫いてつらぬいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 貫いたつらぬいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 貫いたらつらぬいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 貫いているつらぬいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 貫かないつらぬかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 貫かなかったつらぬかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 貫かなくてつらぬかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 貫けるつらぬける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 貫けばつらぬけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 貫けつらぬけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 貫こうつらぬこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 貫かれるつらぬかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 貫かせるつらぬかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 貫かされるつらぬかされる |
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What does 貫く mean?
To go through, to pierce, to penetrate. It can also mean: to run through (e.g. a river through a city), to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.), to carry out, to persist with, to keep (e.g. faith), to maintain (e.g. independence).
How do you pronounce 貫く?
つらぬく (tsuranuku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 貫く?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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