突き当たる つきあたる Also written 衝き当たる 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 Kanji 突 thrust. Read as つく. 当 hit. Read as あたる. Common phrases 壁に突き当たる Word lists JLPT N2 Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists