突っ込む

つっこむ · tsukkomu · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to plunge into

📌 突 (thrust, poke) + 込む (go or push inward) = thrust inward = plunge into

突く means to poke or thrust, and 込む means to go or push inward. Together they describe jabbing something deep into a place, the way a pin is pushed into cloth.

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