着く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
着
つ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「着く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		着く つく
Imperative (命令形) 着け つけ
Key constructions
Passive 着かれる つかれる
Causative 着かせる つかせる
Potential 着ける つける
Volitional 着こう つこー
Negative 着かない つかない
Negative perfective 着かなかった つかなかった
Formal 着きます つきます
Perfective 着いた ついた
Conjunctive 着いて ついて
Hypothetical conditional 着けば つけば

Verb

着(つ)く • (tsuku) godan (stem 着(つ)き (tsuki), past 着(つ)いた (tsuita))

  1. arrive, reach a destination

Conjugation

Conjugation of "着く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 着か つか tsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 着き つき tsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 着く つく tsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 着く つく tsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 着け つけ tsuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 着け つけ tsuke
Key constructions
Passive 着かれる つかれる tsukareru
Causative 着かせる
着かす 		つかせる
つかす 		tsukaseru
tsukasu
Potential 着ける つける tsukeru
Volitional 着こう つこう tsukō
Negative 着かない つかない tsukanai
Negative continuative 着かず つかず tsukazu
Formal 着きます つきます tsukimasu
Perfective 着いた ついた tsuita
Conjunctive 着いて ついて tsuite
Hypothetical conditional 着けば つけば tsukeba
Classical conjugation of "着く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 着か つか tuka
Continuative (連用形) 着き つき tuki
Terminal (終止形) 着く つく tuku
Attributive (連体形) 着く つく tuku
Realis (已然形) 着け つけ tuke
Imperative (命令形) 着け つけ tuke
Key constructions
Negative 着かず つかず tukazu
Contrasting conjunction 着けど つけど tukedo
Causal conjunction 着けば つけば tukeba
Conditional conjunction 着かば つかば tukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 着きき つきき tukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 着きけり つきけり tukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 着きつ つきつ tukitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 着きぬ つきぬ tukinu
Perfect-continuative tense 着けり
着きたり		 つけり
つきたり		 tukeri
tukitari
Volitional 着かむ つかむ tukamu

See also

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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