Meaning

Primary

To Throw Against

Alternative

To Throw At

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

You know that you're throwing something that is attaching to something else. How else can you say that? The best way would be to say to throw against or to throw at.

Reading

なげつける
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings just come from two vocab words you've hopefully seen already: 投げる and 付ける. So long as you know the readings for those words, the reading for this word should be no problem for you.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 車に投げ付ける

    to throw something at a car

    人に投げ付ける

    to throw something at a person

    かべに投げ付ける

    to throw something at a wall

Context Sentences

人に対して小石を投げ付けるなんて、失礼だろ!

It's rude to throw pebbles at people!

父は、怒って母に風船を投げ付けた。

My father got angry and threw a balloon at my mother.

王子は、とりあえずドラキュラに玉ねぎを投げ付けてみた。

The prince tried to throw an onion at the vampire for the time being.

Kanji Composition