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Japanese
Verb
つく • (tsuku) godan (stem つき (tsuki), past ついた (tsuita))
- 付く: to stick, to adhere
- 着く: to arrive
- 突く: to thrust
- 吐く: (also はく, haku) to breathe, to tell lies (嘘を吐く, uso wo tsuku), to vomit, to disgorge
- 就く: to ascend (the throne); to accede; to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume; to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart; to study (under teacher)
- 即く: to ascend (the throne); to accede
- 憑く: to possess; to haunt
- 衝く, 撞く: to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
- 搗く, 舂く: to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
- 築く: to build; to pile up; to amass
- 漬く: to be immersed; to be pickled
- 点く: to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
Noun
つく • (tsuku)
- 柄: handle; design; one's character
- 銑: pig iron
- 釻: