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VOCABULARY
突き詰める
tsu
ki
tsu
me
ru
to investigate thoroughly / get to the bottom
thoroughly investigate, pursue to the end, get to the bottom of, delve into
verb
Example sentences
げんいんめてかんがえてみよう。
Let's think it through and get to the bottom of the cause.
かれひとつのもんさいまでめた
He pursued one question to the end.
もんだいめるこたえはたんじゅんだった。
When you thoroughly investigate the problem, the answer was simple.
けんきゅうしゃしんじつをとことんめたい
Researchers want to delve into the truth completely.

Practice exercises

1
その問題もんだい根本こんぽん原因げんいんめている
We are thoroughly investigating the root cause of that problem.
Answer
めているめています
2
原因げんいんめる
I get to the bottom of the cause.
Answer
めるめます
3
どんなに困難こんなん状況じょうきょうでも、真実しんじつめよう努力どりょくつづけるべきだ。
No matter how difficult the situation, we should keep striving to get to the bottom of the truth.
Answer
めよう
4
かれがなぜその結論けつろんいたったのか、その論理ろんりめて、ようやく理解りかいできた。
After delving into his logic as to why he reached that conclusion, I was finally able to understand.
Answer
めて
5
この理論りろんをさらにふかめたたら、おもいがけない事実じじつあきらかになった。
When we delved even deeper into this theory, an unexpected fact came to light.
Answer
めた