付く
つく · tsuku
To be attached, to be connected with, to adhere, to stick, to cling
- to remain imprinted, to scar, to stain, to dye
- to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
- to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.), to increase (of strength, etc.)
- to become (a state, condition, etc.)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 付きますつきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 付きませんつきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 付きましたつきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 付きませんでしたつきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 付きましょうつきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 付きつき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 付きたいつきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 付きながらつきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 付いてついて |
| Plain past (た形) | 付いたついた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 付いたらついたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 付いているついている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 付かないつかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 付かなかったつかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 付かなくてつかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 付けるつける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 付けばつけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 付けつけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 付こうつこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 付かれるつかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 付かせるつかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 付かされるつかされる |
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What does 付く mean?
To be attached, to be connected with, to adhere, to stick, to cling. It can also mean: to remain imprinted, to scar, to stain, to dye; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.), to increase (of strength, etc.).
How do you pronounce 付く?
つく (tsuku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 付く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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