付ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
着ける
附ける

Etymology

From Old Japanese 付く (tuku), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation).

First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「付ける
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
付ける
Imperative (命令形) 付けろ
Key constructions
Passive 付けられる けられ
Causative 付けさせる けさせ
Potential 付けられる けられ
Volitional 付けよう けよ
Negative 付けない ない
Negative perfective 付けなかった なかった
Formal 付けます けま
Perfective 付けた けた
Conjunctive 付けて けて
Hypothetical conditional 付ければ れば

Verb

()ける (tsukerutransitive ichidan (stem () (tsuke), past ()けた (tsuketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 付ける
mediopassive 付く
  1. attach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on, append; set, put, put one thing on another
    コップに(くち)()ける
    koppu ni kuchi o tsukeru
    Put one's lips to a glass
  2. apply, put on
  3. leave a mark on
  4. write, make an entry
  5. give, impart, direct, direct one's attention
  6. set, set a price
  7. provide with an attendant, provide a person with an attendant, place a person in attendance, place a person in attendance on
  8. follow, trail, shadow
  9. settle, bring to terms

Conjugation

Derived terms

Suffix

()ける (-tsukeru

  1. be accustomed to, be used to
  2. perform an action vigorously, perform an action vehemently
  3. perceive, detect

Derived terms

Suffix

()ける (-zukeru

  1. give, impart, provide with

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 付・着・就・即”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN