突き止める – Vocabulary details

突つき止とめる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; to locate; to identify

2. to stab to death

thrust

stop

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きとめ

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thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

やっとトムの居い所どころを突つき止とめることができたんだ。

I finally was able to find out where Tom lives.

何なにが旨うまく行いかなかったのか突つき止とめなければならない。

I need to find out exactly what went wrong.

われわれは、彼かの女じょの行ゆ方くえを突つき止とめることが出で来きなかった。

We couldn't find out her whereabouts.

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