Run into, come to the end (of a road) in Japanese 🇯🇵

つき あたる info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Visualize yourself running into or coming to the end of a road and then "sticking" to it, as つき (tsuki) sounds like "stick."
– あたる (ataru) means "to hit" or "to come across," so imagine hitting an obstacle at the end of the road.

Explanations:
– つきあたる (tsukiataru) is a verb that means "to run into" or "to come to the end of (a road)."
– It combines つき (tsuki), which implies attachment or collision, and あたる (ataru), which means "to hit" or "to encounter."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 突き当たる（つきあたる, tsukiataru）
– 行き止まり (いきどまり, ikidomari) – this refers more specifically to a dead end or a roadblock but is related.

Conjugations:
– Infinitive (Dictionary form): つきあたる (tsukiataru)
– Present (Polite): つきあたります (tsukiatarimasu)
– Past: つきあたった (tsukiataratta)
– Past (Polite): つきあたりました (tsukiatarimaa)
– Te-form: つきあたって (tsukiataratte)
– Conditional: つきあたれば (tsukiatareba)
– Volitional: つきあたろう (tsukiatarou)
– Negative: つきあたらない (tsukiataranai)
– Negative (Polite): つきあたりません (tsukiatarimasen)
– Potential: つきあたれる (tsukiatareru)

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. この道をまっすぐ行くと、壁につきあたります。
Kono michi o massugu iku to, kabe ni tsukiatarimasu.
If you go straight down this road, you'll run into a wall.

2. 坂を下っていくと、海に突き当たりました。
Saka o kudatte iku to, umi ni tsukiatarimaa.
When I went down the hill, I came to the end at the sea.

3. その通りを歩いていたら、大きな建物に突き当たった。
Sono toori o aruite itara, ooki na tatemono ni tsukiataratta.
While walking down that street, I ran into a big building.

4. 私たちは探していた店の前に突き当たりませんでした。
Wataachi wa sagaeita mise no mae ni tsukiatarimasen dea.
We didn't come to the end in front of the shop we were looking for.

5. 彼がどの道を選んでも、いつも行き止まりに突き当たる。
Kare ga dono michi o erandemo, itsumo ikidomari ni tsukiataru.
No matter which path he chooses, he always comes to a dead end.

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