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つらぬく · tsuranuku

to carry through, to pierce

JLPT N2 u-verb (godan)

Conjugation table

Form Japanese Reading
dictionary 貫く つらぬく
polite 貫きます つらぬきます
polite negative 貫きません つらぬきません
polite past 貫きました つらぬきました
plain past 貫いた つらぬいた
plain negative 貫かない つらぬかない
te-form 貫いて つらぬいて

貫く in a sentence

  • Hikari wa yami o tsuranuku.

    The light penetrates the darkness.

  • Sono keiken na kirisutokyou to wa jibun no shinnen o danko to shite tsuranuku.

    The devout Christian persists in his belief.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR, licensed for reuse.