Vocabulary

What does 突き当たる (つきあたる, tsukiataru) mean?

突き当たる (つきあたる, tsukiataru) means to run into, to collide with; to run up against (an obstacle).

Quick facts
Reading	つきあたる
Romaji	tsukiataru
Part of speech	godan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N2

突き当たるつきあたる

N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommontsukiataru

to run into, to collide with; to run up against (an obstacle)

1godan verb · intransitive to run into; to collide with; to crash into
2godan verb · intransitive to come to the end of (a street)
3godan verb · intransitive to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

Example sentences

研究(けんきゅう)は大(おお)きな問題(もんだい)に突(つ)き当(あ)たった。
The research ran into a major problem.
この道(みち)をまっすぐ行(い)くと、壁(かべ)に突(つ)き当(あ)たる。
If you go straight along this road, you'll run right into a wall.