Meaning of 貫く(つらぬく) in Japanese

Example Sentences

貫く, つらぬく used in context

• ある人物(じんぶつ)が不変(ふへん)の性質(せいしつ)で全人生(ぜんじんせい)を貫く(つらぬく)ということは小説(しょうせつ)の中(なか)だけの話(はなし)だ。

  Only in novels do you find individuals who live out their whole life with unvarying character.

• ボク(しもべ)が憧れた(あこがれる)のは翔太部長(ぶちょう)の『力(ちから)』じゃない(だ)。体を張って(からだをはる)でも信念(しんねん)を貫こう(つらぬく)とする雄々しい(おおしい)勇気(ゆうき)だった(だ)はず。

  What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.

• 返事(へんじ)を待つ(まつ)アリスに向けられた(むける)のは突然の(とつぜん)咆哮(ほうこう)。それは耳(みみ)を貫かん(つらぬく)ばかりに鋭く(するどい)、天(てん)に届かん(とどく)ばかりに大きく(おおきく)響く(ひびく)ものでした。

  What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.

• 悲しみ(かなしみ)が彼(あれ)の胸(むね)に貫いた(つらぬく)。

  His heart was pierced with grief.

• 弾丸(だんがん)は彼(あれ)を貫いた(つらぬく)。

  The bullet penetrated him.

• 弾丸(だんがん)は仕切り(しきり)壁(かべ)を貫いた(つらぬく)。

  The bullet penetrated the partition.

Verb Conjugations

Common conjugated forms