Plunging one's hand into fire with 突っ込む
Vocabulary Explanation: Words ending in 込む
Lulu recognizes the dropped charm she found as the one she made for her childhood friend Zen before he moved away. A delinquent classmate takes it from her and throws it into the school incinerator to defy Zen. Lulu tries to retrieve it, but the fire forces her back. Zen appears and reaches into the flames.
- 不良:
- 「こ…こいつ」
- “Th-this guy...”
- 「燃え盛る炎に手を突っ込んでやがる」
- “He's thrusting his hand into the raging flames!”
Key Points
1突っ込む = “to thrust or plunge into”
- Zen drives his hand into the flames to retrieve the charm. 突っ込む gives the motion a forceful, abrupt feel.
2炎に手を突っ込む = “stick one’s hand into the flames”
- The delinquent uses に for the flames, the destination, and を for the hand Zen moves into them.
3燃え盛る describes the flames
- Read 燃え盛る炎 as “raging flames”. 燃え盛る, “blaze”, describes 炎.
4突っ込んでやがる adds contempt to an action in progress
- The delinquent shortens 突っ込んでいやがる to 突っ込んでやがる. With 〜ている, he describes Zen’s action as underway.
- He adds やがる to speak about Zen with contempt.
See Also
- Vocabulary: Words ending in 込む
- Grammar: Ongoing actions and resulting states with 〜ている
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