付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Verb

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

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.
    [There is food] 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 [your] clothes set on fire
    (literally, “if fire is ignited on [your] clothes”)
  10. take, take root
  11. cost, amount to
  12. be settled, be established
  13. be in luck
    あなたは (きょ) ()一番 (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; have a penis

Conjugation

Derived terms

  •  ()ける (tsukeru): attach, affix
  •  () (tsuku): attach
  •  () (tsuku): arrive at, reach
  •  () (tsuku): set about a task
  •  () (tsuku): ascend, accede
  •  () (tsuku): be lit, catch fire

Suffix

付く (hiragana づく, rōmaji -zuku)

  1. gain
  2. become

Derived terms

  •  () (tsuki): attached to
  • 色付 (いろづ) (irozuku): change color
  • 力付 (ちからづ) (chikarazuku): recover one's strength
  • 肉付 (にくづ) (nikuzuku): put on flesh, get fat
  • 肉付 (にくづ) (nikuzuki): bodily build
  • 儲付 (もうけづ)くで,  (もう) ()くで (mōkezuku de): for investment
  •  (いきお) () (ikioizuku): gather strength, take heart
  • 演劇付 (えんげきづ) (engekizuku): be absorbed in a play
  •  (かっ) () () (kakkizuku): become animated, liven up
  •  (げん) () () (genkizuku): get encouraged
  •  (さん) () () (sankezuku): go into labor
  •  (しょう) () () (shōkizuku): become conscious
  • 調 (ちょう) () () (chōshizuku): warm up to, be elated
  • 肉付 (にくづ)きが () (nikuzuki ga ii), 肉付 (にくづ)きがいい (nikuzuki ga ii), 肉付 (にくづ)きが () (nikuzuki ga yoi), 肉付 (にくづ)きがよい (nikuzuki ga yoi) : stout, well-fleshed, well-built
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