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付く

付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Verb

付く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana つく, romaji tsuku)

  1. attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere to; be connected with
  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
  6. be installed, be built
    電話が付いた
    でんわがついた
    Denwa ga tsuita
    A telephone was installed
  7. be written, be registered
  8. be perceived, be detected
  9. catch fire, be ignited
  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)一番 (いちばん)ついてるね。
    Anata wa kyō ichiban tsuiteru ne.
    You are the luckiest one today.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

  • 付ける (tsukeru): attach, affix
  • 附く (tsuku): attach
  • 着く (tsuku): arrive at, reach
  • 就く (tsuku): set about a task
  • 即く (tsuku): ascend, accede
  • 点く (tsuku): be lit, catch fire

Suffix

付く (hiragana づく, romaji -zuku)

  1. gain
  2. become

Derived terms

  • 付き (-zuki): attached to
  • 色付く (irozuku): change color
  • 力付く (chikarazuku): recover one's strength
  • 肉付く (nikuzuku): put on flesh, get fat
  • 肉付き (nikuzuki): bodily build
  • 儲付くで, 儲け付くで (mōkezuku de): for investment
  • 勢い付く (ikioizuku): gather strength, take heart
  • 演劇付く (engekizuku): be absorbed in a play
  • 活気付く (kakkizuku): become animated, liven up
  • 元気付く (genkizuku): get encouraged
  • 産気付く (sankezuku): go into labor
  • 正気付く (shōkizuku): become conscious
  • 調子付く (chōshizuku): warm up to, be elated
  • 肉付きが良い, 肉付きがいい (nikuzuki ga ii): stout, well-fleshed
  • 肉付きが良い, 肉付きがよい (nikuzuki ga yoi): stout, well-fleshed
  • 肉付きの良い, 肉付きのいい (nikuzuki no ii): stout, well-built
  • 肉付きの良い, 肉付きのよい (nikuzuki no yoi): stout, well-built