突つき合あわせる

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き

あ

わ

せ

る

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

bring face to face; confront; place opposite

Used when physically or figuratively bringing two people or things together so they face each other, often for confrontation or comparison.

両りょう者しゃを突つき合あわせて話はなし合あいをさせた。
They brought the two parties face to face and had them talk it out.
彼かれは容よう疑

ぎ

者しゃ

と

証しょう

人にん

を

突つ

き

合あ

わせ

た

。

He confronted the suspect with the witness.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

compare; check against; collate

Commonly used for checking documents, accounts, or data by comparing them side by side to ensure consistency.

帳ちょう簿ぼと領りょう収しゅう書しょを突つき合あわせて確かく認にんする。
Check the ledger against the receipts.
二人ふたりの証しょう言げんを突つき合あわせると矛む盾じゅんが見みつかった。
When we compared the two testimonies, we found inconsistencies.

Written forms

突つき合あわせるUsage39%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news form.
つきあわせるUsage30%
つき合あわせるUsage24%
Kana spelling used when the kanji is not needed or for clarity.
突つきあわせるUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant with kana あ.
突つき合あわせるUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant with older okurigana usage.

Kanji

突stab, protruding, thrust
合fit, suit, join

Similar words

照しょう合ごうする
More formal and technical term for collation or verification, often used in computing or official contexts.
比ひ較かくする
General word for comparing; does not imply the face-to-face or side-by-side nuance of 突き合わせる.

Etymology

Compound of 突く (tsuku, 'to thrust') + 合わせる (awaseru, 'to put together'), literally 'to thrust together'. The figurative sense of comparing or checking arose from the image of bringing items face to face.