Meaning
楯突く (たてつく, tatetsuku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “defy; rebel”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 4
先生に楯突くなんて生意気だ
It is insolent to defy the teacher.
あの人にたてつかない方がいいよ。
You're better off not getting in his way!
反抗や謀反（むほん）や楯突くことであるが、本来は鳴弦のことで弓の弦を引いて鳴らす事により悪霊や魔や穢れを祓う行為。
It refers to a revolt, rebellion or showing the opposite, but originally it referred to meigen, that is, the action of exorcising an evil spirit, devils and impurities by making a sound pulling a bow string.
-反抗や謀反（むほん）や楯突くことであるが、本来は鳴弦のことで弓の弦を引いて鳴らす事により悪霊や魔や穢れを祓う行為。
It is an idiom meaning disobedience, rebellion and defiance, but originally it meant meigen, an act of stringing a bow for purifying evil spirit, devil and disgrace.