N21102/1725

突つき当あたる

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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つきあたる

Meanings

to run into, to collide with, to crash into, to bump against
to come to the end of (a street)
to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.), to run up against

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Example sentences

この道みちをまっすぐ行いくと、突つき当あたりに郵便局ゆうびんきょくがあります。

If you go straight down this road, there's a post office at the end.

廊下ろうかの突つき当あたりを左ひだりに曲まがると、会議室かいぎしつがあります。

If you turn left at the end of the hallway, there is a meeting room.

新あたらしいプロジェクトを進すすめる中なかで、予想外よそうがいの問題もんだいに突つき当あたった。

While advancing the new project, we ran into an unexpected problem.

研究けんきゅうを続つづけていると、どうしても解決かいけつできない壁かべに突つき当あたることがある。

When continuing research, there are times when you run up against a wall that simply cannot be resolved.

彼かれはキャリアの転換期てんかんきにおいて、自分じぶんの限界げんかいに突つき当あたらざるを得えなかった。

At a turning point in his career, he had no choice but to run up against his own limitations.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)