焼き付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
焼 付
や
Grade: 4
つ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
燒き付く (kyūjitai)

Verb

焼(や)き付(つ)く • (yakitsuku) intransitive godan (stem 焼(や)き付(つ)き (yakitsuki), past 焼(や)き付(つ)いた (yakitsuita))

Japanese verb pair
active 焼き付ける
mediopassive 焼き付く
  1. be burned onto, be scorched and stuck to
  2. be seared into one's memory
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      街頭(がいとう)で死(し)んだ若(わか)き女性(じょせい)の姿(すがた)は、今(いま)も我々(われわれ)の記憶(きおく)に焼(や)き付(つ)いている。
      Gaitō de shinda wakaki josei no sugata wa, ima mo wareware no kioku ni yakitsuite iru.
      The image of a young woman dying in the streets is still seared in our memory.

Conjugation

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