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    3. 突き詰める

    突き詰める

    突つき​詰つめ​る​

    to investigate thoroughly

    KMT10News #39+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab28 strokes

    突きつめる突詰める

    つきつめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to investigate thoroughly, to examine closely, to probe into, to get to the bottom of
    2.
    to be obsessed with a thought, to brood over, to worry about

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    彼かれは一ひとつの問もん題だいを突つき詰つめて考かんがえる癖くせがある。

    He has a habit of thinking deeply about one problem.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    その理り論ろんの根こん源げんを突つき詰つめるには、さらなる研けん究きゅうが必ひつ要ようだ。

    Further research is needed to thoroughly investigate the root of that theory.

    KMT10Science & MathEducation
    完かん璧ぺき主しゅ義ぎ者しゃは、些さ細さいなことでも突つき詰つめてしまい、なかなか前まえに進すすめないことがある。

    Perfectionists sometimes get bogged down by even trivial matters, unable to move forward, because they investigate them too thoroughly.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    なぜこんな結けっ果かになったのか、その原げん因いんを突つき詰つめるべきだ。

    We should thoroughly investigate the reasons why we got such a result.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    科か学がく者しゃは、真しん理りを突つき詰つめるために、日ひび々じ実っけ験んを繰くり返かえしている。

    Scientists conduct experiments daily to get to the bottom of the truth.

    KMT10Science & MathEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    突
    つ.く…(2)
    stab・protruding・thrust・pierce・prick…(2)
    Kanji
    詰
    つ.める・つ.め・-づ.め・つ.まる・つ.む…(4)
    packed・close・pressed・reprove・rebuke…(1)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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