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表層形
とり憑こ
トリツコ
動詞

とり憑こ (トリツコ)

Toritsuko · とりつこ — to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.), to take hold of, to haunt

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とり憑こ in rōmaji: toritsuko.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 取り憑く 🔤 五段-カ行 📐 意志推量形
Updated: 2026年8月15日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
とり憑こ
見出し語 (Lemma)
取り憑く
読み (Reading)
トリツコ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-カ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
意志推量形
表記 (Orthography)
とり憑こ
読み・基本形
トリツク
表記・基本形
とり憑く
見出し語の読み
トリツク
💡 English Meaning

とり憑こ means “to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.), to take hold of, to haunt” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

とり憑く (トリツク) — main entry →

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Reading & Info
トリツコ
Lemma: 取り憑く
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
取り憑きます
て形 (Te-form)
取り憑いて
過去形 (Past)
取り憑いた
否定形 (Negative)
取り憑かない
意向形 (Volitional)
取り憑きましょう
可能形 (Potential)
取り憑ける
受身形 (Passive)
取り憑かれる
使役形 (Causative)
取り憑かせる
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動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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The surface form (とり憑こ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (取り憑く) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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