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突っ込む

つっこむ

to thrust into, to plunge; to dig into

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Examples

  1. 車が店に突っ込んだ。

    くるまがみせにつっこんだ。

    The car plowed into the store.

  2. ポケットに手を突っ込んで歩いていた。

    ぽけっとにてをつっこんであるいていた。

    He was walking with his hands shoved in his pockets.

  3. 記者は政治家の失言に鋭く突っ込んだ。

    きしゃはせいじかのしつげんにするどくつっこんだ。

    The reporter pressed the politician sharply on his slip.

  4. そこまで突っ込んだ話はしていません。

    そこまでつっこんだはなしはしていません。

    We have not gone into that level of detail.

Common patterns

手を突っ込む
to shove one's hand in
突っ込んだ議論
an in-depth discussion
ボケに突っ込む
to deliver the comeback line (comedy)

Memory tip

Wide and colloquial: a car crashing in, a hand shoved into a pocket, a sharp question pressed home, or the straight man's retort in manzai comedy (ツッコミ). 突っ込んだ as a modifier means 'in-depth'.

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