突き出る・突出る・つき出る・突きでる|つきでるtsukideru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
突き出る突き出る is the most common spelling and the recommended default for beginners. It is the form to choose when you need to write the word yourself.
突出る突出る is a less common mixed kanji-kana variant of 突き出る. You may encounter it in written Japanese, but beginners should normally choose 突き出る instead.
つき出るつき出る is less common than 突き出る and 突出る. It is another mixed kanji-kana spelling you may encounter in writing, while 突き出る remains the recommended choice.
突きでる突きでる is the least common of these spellings. It is a mixed kanji-kana variant you may encounter in writing; beginners should use 突き出る instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto project; to stick out; to stand out
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 突き出る（つきでる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 突き出ます（つきでます） |
| Negative (nai) | 突き出ない（つきでない） |
| polite (masen) | 突き出ません（つきでません） |
| classical zu / nu | 突き出ず・突き出ぬ（つきでず・つきでぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 突き出た（つきでた） |
| polite (mashita) | 突き出ました（つきでました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 突き出なかった（つきでなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 突き出ませんでした（つきでませんでした） |
| Te form | 突き出て（つきでて） |
| Potential | 突き出られる（つきでられる） |
| Passive | 突き出られる（つきでられる） |
| Causative | 突き出させる（つきでさせる） |
| Causative passive | 突き出させられる（つきでさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 突き出れば（つきでれば） |
| tara | 突き出たら（つきでたら） |
| Volitional | 突き出よう（つきでよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 突き出ましょう（つきでましょう） |
| Imperative | 突き出ろ（つきでろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
岩が突き出る
突き出る describes something protruding or sticking out on its own (岩が突き出る), while 突き出す means to thrust or push something out (岩を突き出す).
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym飛び出すとびだすNeutralCovers rushing or bursting out and sudden appearance, and can also mean protruding; 「突き出る」 focuses on a part sticking outward.
- Synonym飛び出るとびでるNeutralRefers to bulging or popping out, as in 「目が飛び出る」; 「突き出る」 stresses stretching out.
- Synonym張り出すはりだすNeutralMeans stretching outward, as of eaves or a high-pressure system, and also covers putting up notices.
- Synonymはみ出すはみだすNeutralMeans spilling over the edge of a frame or container, and figuratively exceeding a limit; 「突き出る」 is a part sticking out, as in 「腹が突き出る」.
- Synonymはみ出るはみでるNeutralSame meaning as 「はみ出す」: spilling over or exceeding a boundary; slightly colloquial.
- Synonym突出とっしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose, mostly figurative for standing out, as in 「突出した才能」; 「突き出る」 describes physical shape.
- Synonym出っ張るでっぱるCasualColloquial word for sticking out, said most often of bellies and teeth; 「突き出る」 stresses breaking through or stretching out.
- Related突起とっきWrittenWritten noun for a protruding part, as in 「突起物」; 「突き出る」 is the verb, and the state can be put as 「突き出ている」.
- Antonym凹むへこむNeutralA surface caving in, and by extension feeling down; the opposite of the outward bulge of 「突き出る」.
- Antonym引っ込むひっこむNeutralDrawing or shrinking back in; the opposite of the outward reach of 「突き出る」.
- Antonym窪むくぼむWrittenWritten word for a part sinking in, as in 「目が窪む」; the opposite of 「突き出る」.
Use 「突き出る」 when a part juts or stretches outward, as in 「半島が海に突き出る」. Say 「出っ張る」 in casual talk, 「はみ出す」 for spilling past a frame, 「突出」 in writing for figurative prominence, and 「凹む」 for dents.
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Japanese definitions
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