くっ付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
付
つ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くっつ​く [kùttsúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝt̚t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
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Verb

くっ付(つ)く • (kuttsuku) intransitive godan (stem くっ付(つ)き (kuttsuki), past くっ付(つ)いた (kuttsuita))

  1. cling to, adhere, stick fast
    画(が)面(めん)にくっついた髪(かみ)の毛(け)
    gamen ni kuttsuita kami-no-ke
    hair that has stuck to the screen
    接(せつ)尾(び)辞(じ)がくっつくと発(はつ)音(おん)が変(か)わります。
    Setsubiji ga kuttsuku to hatsuon ga kawarimasu.
    The pronunciation changes when a suffix sticks to the end.
  2. keep close to someone, follow
  3. date, go out, be involved with someone romantically

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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