to ascertain, to pin down

Kanji in this word

• 突 stab, thrust
• 止 stop

Example sentences

• 失敗しっぱいした理由りゆうを突つき止とめる必要ひつようがあるな。

  Shippai shi ta riyuu o tsukitomeru hitsuyou ga aru na.

  I need to find out exactly what went wrong.

• やっとトムの居所いどころを突つき止とめることができたんだ。

  Yatto tomu no idokoro o tsukitomeru koto ga deki ta n da.

  I finally was able to find out where Tom lives.

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

Related words · share a kanji

• 突然 suddenly, abruptly
• 止まる to stop (intransitive)
• 止む to stop (rain, snow)
• 止める to stop (something), to park
• 立ち止まる to stop, to halt
• 受け止める to catch, to take (seriously)