重箱の隅をつつく
じゅうばこのすみをつつく
Meanings
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Expression / Verb
Godan verb (ku)-
to nitpick; to complain about trifles.
idiomatic
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Word informations
- Common word: no
- JLPT Level: None
Action
+ Add to listConjugation
| Type | Godan verb (ku) |
| Neg. neutral | 重箱の隅をつつかない |
| Positive polite | 重箱の隅をつつきます |
| Potential | 重箱の隅をつつける |
| Presumptive | 重箱の隅をつつこう |
| Past | 重箱の隅をつついた |
| -te form | 重箱の隅をつついて |
Conjugation of 重箱の隅をつつく (じゅうばこのすみをつつく)
- Type
- Godan verb with `ku' ending
- Stem
- 重箱の隅をつつ
- Infinitive
- 重箱の隅をつつき
- -te form
- 重箱の隅をつついて
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