付く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「付く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
付く
Imperative (命令形) 付け
Key constructions
Passive 付かれる かれ
Causative 付かせる かせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 付こう
Negative 付かない ない
Negative perfective 付かなかった なかった
Formal 付きます きま
Perfective 付いた いた
Conjunctive 付いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 付けば けば

Verb

() (tsukuintransitive godan (stem () (tsuki), past ()いた (tsuita))

Japanese verb pair
active 付ける
mediopassive 付く
  1. attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere to; be connected with
    ほっぺついてるよ。
    Hoppe ni tsuiteru yo.
    stuck to your cheek.
  2. come in contact with, touch, reach
  3. be attached to, belong to, join, associate with; take up the cause of
  4. gain, gain weight, gain power, become proficient, grow, grow wise
  5. attend on, go with, accompany, be by someone's side
  6. be installed, be built
    (でん)()()いた
    denwa ga tsuita
    a telephone was installed
  7. be written, be registered
  8. be perceived, be detected
  9. catch fire, be ignited
    (ふく)()ついたら
    fuku ni hi ga tsuitara
    if clothes catch fire
    (literally, “if fire is ignited on clothes”)
  10. take, take root
  11. cost, amount to
  12. be settled, be established
  13. be in luck
    あなたは今日(きょう)(いち)(ばん)ついてるね。
    Anata wa kyō ichiban tsuiteru ne.
    You are the luckiest one today.
  14. (slang, euphemistic) of a penis: be attached to someone

Conjugation

Derived terms

Suffix

() (-zuku

  1. gain
  2. become

Derived terms

References

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