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突き抜ける (つきぬける, tsukinukeru) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 突き抜ける · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 突つ き 抜ぬ ける 突つ き 抜ぬ けない Polite 突つ き 抜ぬ けます 突つ き 抜ぬ けません Past polite 突つ き 抜ぬ けました 突つ き 抜ぬ けませんでした Past 突つ き 抜ぬ けた 突つ き 抜ぬ けなかった Te-form 突つ き 抜ぬ けて 突つ き 抜ぬ けないで Desire 突つ き 抜ぬ けたい 突つ き 抜ぬ けたくない Potential 突つ き 抜ぬ けられる also 突つ き 抜ぬ けれる 突つ き 抜ぬ けられない also 突つ き 抜ぬ けれない Passive 突つ き 抜ぬ けられる 突つ き 抜ぬ けられない Causative 突つ き 抜ぬ けさせる 突つ き 抜ぬ けさせない Causative passive 突つ き 抜ぬ けさせられる 突つ き 抜ぬ けさせられない Volitional 突つ き 抜ぬ けよう Polite volitional 突つ き 抜ぬ けましょう Imperative 突つ き 抜ぬ けろ 突つ き 抜ぬ けるな Conditional 突つ き 抜ぬ ければ 突つ き 抜ぬ けなければ Tara conditional 突つ き 抜ぬ けたら 突つ き 抜ぬ けなかったら
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The bullet pierced through the wall.
Her singing voice resounded as if piercing through the venue.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 突つ き 抜ぬ ける to pierce completely through an object
The bullet went straight through the wall.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 突つ き 抜ぬ ける to cut straight through a place such as a mountain or tunnel
The new tunnel cuts straight through the mountain.
〈 物もの 〉 を 突つ き 抜ぬ けて 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 出で る to break through something and come out into a place
We broke through the clouds and came out into the blue sky.
Kanji 突 stab, protruding, thrust 抜 slip out, extract, pull out Related words 貫く is transitive and often figurative (sticking to a belief or piercing something with an object), while 突き抜ける is intransitive and describes something itself breaking through a barrier.
通り抜ける just means to pass through a space like a tunnel or crowd, whereas 突き抜ける carries a stronger sense of force or momentum breaking through a barrier.
突破する is a more formal, often figurative word for breaking through an obstacle or limit, while 突き抜ける is more concrete and vivid, describing the actual act of passing through.
突き抜ける emphasizes breaking through to the other side of an obstacle, while 突き進む focuses on the forceful forward movement itself, not necessarily reaching a far side.
突き抜ける emphasizes bursting or breaking out the other side abruptly, whereas 貫通 is a neutral, often technical or news-style term for penetration.
Written forms 突つ き 抜ぬ ける Usage 90%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
つきぬける Usage 10%
突つき 抜ぬ ける
Less common variant without okurigana; may appear in older texts.
Etymology Compound of 突く (tsuku, 'to thrust') + 抜ける (nukeru, 'to come out, to pass through').
