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Secondary schoolJLPT N1

penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

15 strokes · frequency rank #968

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Common words

  1. てっていthoroughness; completeness; consistency1
    • Production improves by becoming more automatic.

    • He is a thorough-going egoist.

    • You're a complete misanthrope.

  2. てつやstaying up all night2
    • I often stay up all night.

    • I sat up all night.

    • I worked all night.

  3. てっするto penetrate; to sink in3
    • Should I stay up all night or not?

    • I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.

  4. てっていてきthorough; exhaustive; complete4
    • That man is an egotist through and through.

    • I studied it thoroughly.

    • Strict security measures were in force.

  5. いってつobstinate; stubborn; inflexible5
    • I thought our boss was stubborn as a mule but actually he has his cute side.

  6. れいてつcool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed6
  7. かんてつaccomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment7
    • Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?

    • Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?

  8. とうてつtransparency8
  9. ふてっていinconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough9

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