突つき詰つめる

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈事こと〉を突つき詰つめるto probe a matter thoroughly / get to the bottom of something

  彼かれは事じ故この原げん因いんを突つき詰つめるまで調ちょう査さをやめなかった。

  He didn't stop investigating until he got to the bottom of the cause of the accident.

• 悩なやみを突つき詰つめるto obsess over a worry

  一人ひとりで悩なやみを突つき詰つめてしまい、眠ねむれなくなった。

  I brooded over the worry alone until I couldn't sleep.

• 突つき詰つめて言いうとto put it bluntly / when you boil it down

  突つき詰つめて言いうと、彼かれは責せき任にんを取とりたくないだけだ。

  To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want to take responsibility.

• 原げん因いんを突つき詰つめるto get to the root cause of something

  問もん題だいの原げん因いんを突つき詰つめていくと、コミュニケーション不ぶ足そくが見みえてきた。

  When we traced the root cause of the problem, poor communication came to light.

• 〈事こと〉を突つき詰つめて考かんがえるto think something through to its logical end

  この問もん題だいを突つき詰つめて考かんがえると、簡かん単たんには答こたえが出でない。

  If you really think this problem through, there's no easy answer.