ぶつける

to bump

Mnemonic

You put the car into the wall rather than the wall coming over to meet you. The same butt ぶつ as ぶつかる, except this time you aimed it. Mine, this morning: ぶつける.

Worth knowing

ぶつかる is a thing hitting something. ぶつける is you hitting something with it.

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