就く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

() (tsukugodan (stem () (tsuki), past ()いた (tsuita))

  1. assume power, accede, fill a position, take a job
  2. start some work, commence
  3. apprentice under someone
  4. (used in the form に就いて or に就き) about, concerning
    (わたし)あなた日本(にほん)について(はな)しましょう
    Watashi wa anata ni Nihon ni tsuite hanashimashō.
    I'll tell you about Japan.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN