突き当たる つきあたる to run into N2 #9,712 Meanings godan verb, intransitive to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against to come to the end of (a street) to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against Its kanji 突 トツ、カ · つ.く stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden 当 トウ · あ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべし hit, right, appropriate, himself