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Japanese

ぶつかる

Romaji butsukaru

JLPT N2 Common word

Definitions

01godan verb · intransitive

02godan verb · intransitive

to encounter; to meet with; to come upon; to face; to run up against; to be confronted with

03godan verb · intransitive

04godan verb · intransitive

to clash (of events); to fall (on); to occur at the same time (as)

05godan verb · intransitive

to tackle head-on (a difficulty); to confront boldly

Examples

トラックが我々の車にぶつかった。

The truck bumped into our car.

Tatoeba #199752

彼は木にぶつかった。

He collided with a tree.

Tatoeba #99540

車が木にぶつかった。

The car bumped the tree.

Tatoeba #149109

Other forms

ぶっつかる

Source

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