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貫く

つらぬく

to pierce; to carry through; to stick to (a belief)

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Examples

  1. 彼は最後まで自分の信念を貫いた。

    かれはさいごまでじぶんのしんねんをつらぬいた。

    He stuck to his beliefs to the end.

  2. 弾が壁を貫いた。

    たまがかべをつらぬいた。

    The bullet went through the wall.

  3. この道路は町を南北に貫いている。

    このどうろはまちをなんぼくにつらぬいている。

    This road runs right through the town from north to south.

  4. 決めたことは最後まで貫くべきだ。

    きめたことはさいごまでつらぬくべきだ。

    You should carry through to the end what you have decided.

Common patterns

信念を貫く
to stick to one's beliefs
初志を貫く
to carry through one's original intention
壁を貫く
to pierce a wall

Memory tip

One image serves both senses of 貫く: something goes straight through from one end to the other, whether that is a bullet through a wall or a conviction through a whole life. The famous four-character phrase is 初志貫徹.

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