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付く

JLPT 3

Kana Reading

つく

Romaji

tsuku

Word Senses

Parts of speech

Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb

Meaning

to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling

Example sentence

歯医者で歯についたたばこのヤニを取ってもらうと、費用はどれくらいかかるでしょう？ About how much does it cost to have a dentist remove cigarette tar from your teeth?
Parts of speech

Meaning

to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye

Example sentence

このオンボードというのは平たく言えば「グラフィックカードがついていない」ものだ。 Frankly speaking this 'on board' means "doesn't have a graphics card".
Parts of speech

Meaning

to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)

Example sentence

toのつかない不定詞を原形不定詞と言う。 An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

Example sentence

ガーデニングの本を見てたら、ドクロマークのついたのがいっぱいあって驚きました。 When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to take root

Example sentence

足が遅い彼は、もちろんすでに2m差がついた。 He, being slow-footed, was of course already lagging two meters.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with

Example sentence

ドルペッグの意味は、強い国につけということです。 The meaning of the 'dollar peg' is "stick with the strong countries."
Parts of speech

Meaning

to side with; to belong to

Example sentence

「まだ浅いね。足とどく」「結構遠浅だな。よつばもまだ足つくだろ」 It's still shallow, eh. My feet still touch the bottom. "It's quite a shallow beach. Yotsuba, you can still touch the bottom can't you?"
Parts of speech

Meaning

to possess; to haunt

Example sentence

小中学生なんて、まだまだ善悪の見分けも、現実と仮想の見分けもつかない。 Elementary and primary school children don't yet know good from evil or reality from fiction.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to be lit; to be lighted

Example sentence

私の参謀としてついたからには、危機感を持って任にあたって貰わねば困ります。 If you're with me as a staff officer then I need you to bring a sense of danger with you to your work.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided

Example sentence

川越の山車は、いわゆる鉾山車と呼ばれる形で、車輪が3 つ、もしくは4 つ付いています。 The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to be given (of a name, price, etc.)

Example sentence

何がなんだか分からない。頭がパニックに陥って整理がつかない。 I didn't know what was what. The inside of my head had gone to panic mode and I couldn't get things straight.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to be sensed; to be perceived

Example sentence

一面の黄色は、どう繁茂したのか見当もつかないヒマワリの群れだ。 The landscape of yellow, a mass of sunflowers flourishing beyond measure.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to be lucky

Example sentence

ボイラは湯あかがびっしりついた。 The boiler was heavily scaled.
Parts of speech

suffix, Godan verb with `ku' ending

Meaning

(after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words) to become (a state, condition, etc.)

Example sentence

おはよう。春樹兄さん。寝癖ついてるよ。 Morning, Haruki. You've got bed hair.

Examples of 付く, つく in a sentence

歯医者で歯についたたばこのヤニを取ってもらうと、費用はどれくらいかかるでしょう？

About how much does it cost to have a dentist remove cigarette tar from your teeth?
このオンボードというのは平たく言えば「グラフィックカードがついていない」ものだ。

Frankly speaking this 'on board' means "doesn't have a graphics card".
toのつかない不定詞を原形不定詞と言う。

An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
ガーデニングの本を見てたら、ドクロマークのついたのがいっぱいあって驚きました。

When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.
足が遅い彼は、もちろんすでに2m差がついた。

He, being slow-footed, was of course already lagging two meters.
ドルペッグの意味は、強い国につけということです。

The meaning of the 'dollar peg' is "stick with the strong countries."

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain: 付く
Plain Polite: 付きます
Negative: 付かない
Negative Polite: 付きません

Past

Plain: 付いた
Plain Polite: 付きました
Negative: 付かなかった
Negative Polite: 付きませんでした

Plain: 付いて
Plain Polite: 付きまして
Negative: --
Negative Polite: --

Passive

Plain: 付かれる
Plain Polite: 付かれます
Negative: 付かれない
Negative Polite: 付かれません

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Kanji in this word

付

JLPT 3

5 strokes

adhere, attach, refer to, append

On'Yomi: フ

Kun'Yomi: つ.ける, -つ.ける, -づ.ける, つ.け, つ.け-, -つ.け, -づ.け, -づけ, つ.く, -づ.く, つ.き, -つ.き, -つき, -づ.き, -づき

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