Japanese symbol for “riposte”

In Japanese, riposte is 突っ込む, read つっこむ (tsukkomu).

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Meanings

1. v5m, vt to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove
2. v5m, vi to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into
3. v5m, vi to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something)
4. v5m, vt to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill
5. v5m, vt to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into
6. v5m, vi to riposte; to retort; to quip

Written forms: 突っ込む、突っこむ、突込む. Readings: つっこむ、ツッコむ.

Kanji and stroke order

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Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.