躓く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つまず
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

/tumaduku/ → /tumazuku/. Compound of (tsuma, toe) and 突く (tsuku, hit), which voices due to rendaku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝma̠zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

躓く (godan conjugation, hiragana つまずく, rōmaji tsumazuku, historical hiragana つまづく)

  1. to stumble or trip
  2. to fail partway through
    Synonyms: 蹉跌する, 挫折する

Conjugation

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