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irregular kanji usageusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

  • to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge
  • to peck at (one's food), to pick at
  • to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
  • to egg on, to put up to

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Example sentences

子供こどもぼうありつついている

A child is poking an ant's nest with a stick.

彼女かのじょ食事しょくじちゅう料理りょうりつつだけで全然ぜんぜんべなかった。

During the meal, she just picked at her food and didn't eat at all.

友人ゆうじんわたし欠点けってんつついてばかりいて、いやになる。

My friend keeps picking at my faults, and it makes me sick of it.

上司じょうしつつかれてかれはついに無謀むぼう計画けいかく同意どういしてしまった。

Egged on by his superior, he ultimately agreed to the reckless plan.

とりまどガラスをくちばしつついているのをて、不思議ふしぎおもった。

Seeing a bird pecking at the window glass with its beak, I found it curious.