着く
つく · tsuku
To arrive at, to reach
- to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)
Other ways to say “to arrive at” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
この道をまっすぐ行くと、滝に着くよ。
このみちをまっすぐいくと、たきにつくよ。
If you go straight on this path, you'll reach the waterfall.
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彼は家に着くや否や、荷物を置いた。
かれはいえにつくやいなや、にもつをおいた。
No sooner had he arrived home than he put down his luggage.
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この道をまっすぐ行くと、駅に着く。
このみちをまっすぐいくと、えきにつく。
If you go straight along this road, you'll reach the station.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 着きますつきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 着きませんつきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 着きましたつきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 着きませんでしたつきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 着きましょうつきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 着きつき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 着きたいつきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 着きながらつきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 着いてついて |
| Plain past (た形) | 着いたついた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 着いたらついたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 着いているついている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 着かないつかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 着かなかったつかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 着かなくてつかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 着けるつける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 着けばつけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 着けつけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 着こうつこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 着かれるつかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 着かせるつかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 着かされるつかされる |
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What does 着く mean?
To arrive at, to reach. It can also mean: to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table).
How do you pronounce 着く?
つく (tsuku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 着く?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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