付く

Japanese

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

Verb

付く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana つく, rōmaji tsuku)

Japanese verb pair
active	付ける
mediopassive	付く

attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere to; be connected with
ほっぺについてるよ。
Hoppe ni tsuiteru yo.
[There is food] stuck to your cheek.
come in contact with, touch, reach
be attached to, belong to, join, associate with; take up the cause of
gain, gain weight, gain power, become proficient, grow, grow wise
attend on, go with, accompany, be by someone's side
be installed, be built
電 (でん)話 (わ)が付 (つ)いた
denwa ga tsuita
a telephone was installed
be written, be registered
be perceived, be detected
catch fire, be ignited
服 (ふく)に火 (ひ)がついたら
fuku ni hi ga tsuitara
if [your] clothes set on fire
(literally, “if fire is ignited on [your] clothes”)
take, take root
cost, amount to
be settled, be established
be in luck
あなたは今 (きょ)日 (う)一番 (いちばん)ついてるね。
Anata wa kyō ichiban tsuiteru ne.
You are the luckiest one today.
(slang, euphemistic) of a penis: be attached to someone; have a penis
- 2017, こんなにかわいいAI、人類史上初めて　バーチャルYouTuber「キズナアイ」2万字インタビュー, PANORA
  まぁあれじゃないですか？見 (み)た目 (め)で流 (なが)されちゃダメですよ。女 (おんな)かもしれませんし、「ついてる」かもしれません。そこはみなさまのご想 (そう)像 (ぞう)次第 (しだい)で、女 (おんな)にも男 (おとこ)にもなれちゃうんです。
  Mā are ja nai desu ka? Mitame de nagasarecha dame desu yo. Onna ka mo shiremasen shi, “tsuiteru” ka mo shiremasen. Soko wa mina-sama no go-sōzō-shidai de, onna ni mo otoko ni mo narechau n desu.
  You know what they say; like, don't be fooled by appearances, right? I might be a girl, or I might "have something down there". It's up to everyone's imagination; I could be a girl or a boy.
- 2018, 『ゾンビランドサガ』第8話
  「こんなに近 (ちか)くにいたのに全 (ぜん)然 (ぜん)分 (わ)かんなかった……」「いいじゃねぇか、付 (つ)いてようが付 (つ)いてなかろうが！」
  “Konna ni chikaku ni ita no ni zenzen wakannakatta……” “Ii ja nē ka, tsuiteyō ga tsuitenakarō ga!”
  "She's been with us the entire time, yet I never noticed…" "Ah, what's it matter!?"

Conjugation

Conjugation of "付く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	付か	つか	tsuka
Continuative (連用形)	付き	つき	tsuki
Terminal (終止形)	付く	つく	tsuku
Attributive (連体形)	付く	つく	tsuku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	付け	つけ	tsuke
Imperative (命令形)	付け	つけ	tsuke
Key constructions
Passive	付かれる	つかれる	tsukareru
Causative	付かせる付かす	つかせるつかす	tsukaseru tsukasu
Potential	付ける	つける	tsukeru
Volitional	付こう	つこう	tsukō
Negative	付かない	つかない	tsukanai
Negative continuative	付かず	つかず	tsukazu
Formal	付きます	つきます	tsukimasu
Perfective	付いた	ついた	tsuita
Conjunctive	付いて	ついて	tsuite
Hypothetical conditional	付けば	つけば	tsukeba

Classical conjugation of "付く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	付か	つか	tuka
Continuative (連用形)	付き	つき	tuki
Terminal (終止形)	付く	つく	tuku
Attributive (連体形)	付く	つく	tuku
Realis (已然形)	付け	つけ	tuke
Imperative (命令形)	付け	つけ	tuke
Key constructions
Negative	付かず	つかず	tukazu
Contrasting conjunction	付けど	つけど	tukedo
Causal conjunction	付けば	つけば	tukeba
Conditional conjunction	付かば	つかば	tukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	付きき	つきき	tukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	付きけり	つきけり	tukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	付きつ	つきつ	tukitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	付きぬ	つきぬ	tukinu
Perfect-continuative tense	付けり付きたり	つけりつきたり	tukeri tukitari

Derived terms

compounds containing "付く"

付き (tsuki): ability to stick
付き (-tsuki): with, including
付き馬 (tsukiuma): followers
付き人 (tsukibito): attendant
付き者 (tsukimono): attendant
付き物 (tsukimono): accessory, accompaniment, appendage
付いてる (tsuiteru): be attached, have, be in a state
付かせる (tsukaseru): direct someone toward
付かたり (tsukatari): addition, accessory, appendage
付かぬ事 (tsukanukoto): abrupt question
付き合う (tsukiau): associate with, keep company with
付き合い (tsukiai): association, socializing, fellowship
付き切る (tsukikiru): be in constant attendance
付き切り (tsukikiri): constant attendance
付き従う, 付き随う (tsukishitagau): follow, accompany
付き添う (tsukisou): attend on, wait upon, accompany
付き添い (tsukisoi): attendance on, attendant, escort
付き纏う, 付きまとう (tsukimatou): follow around, shadow
付き具合 (tsukiguai): degree, amount of
付き分岐 (tsukibunki): conditional branch
付きっ切り (tsukikkiri): constant attendance
付いて行く, 付いていく (tsuite iku): accompany, follow
付いている (tsuite iru): be attached, have, be in a state
付いて来る, 付いてくる (tsuite kuru): follow, accompany
付いて回る (tsuite mawaru): follow around
付いて行く, 付いてゆく (tsuite yuku): accompany, follow
付き添い人 (tsukisoinin): attendant
付き添い婦 (tsukisoifu): practical nurse
付いて行ける (tsuite ikeru): follow, keep in pace with
付かず離れず (tsukazu hanarezu): maintaining a reasonable distance
付き合いきれない (tsukiai kirenai): cannot handle any longer
付き添い看護婦 (tsukisoi kangofu): private nurse
付かず離れずの態度 (tsukazu hanarezu no taido): neutral attitude
お付き, 御付き (otsuki): retainer, attendant, escort
息付く (ikitsuku): take a breath, take a short rest
上付く, 浮付く (uwatsuku): be fickle, be frivolous
餌付く (ezuku): begin to eat or feed
縁付く (enzuku): marry
追付く, 追い付く, おい付く (oitsuku): overtake, catch up
落付く, 落ち付く (ochitsuku): calm down, compose oneself
落付き, 落ち付き (ochitsuki): calmness, composure
片付く (katazuku): be put in order
噛付く, 噛み付く, かみ付く (kamitsuku): bite, snap at
感付く, 勘付く (kanzuku): suspect, get an inkling
気付く (kizuku): notice, recognize
気付き (kizuki): awareness
傷付く, 疵付く (kizutsuku): be wounded, get injured
食付く, 食い付く (kuitsuku): bite at, snap at
食付き, 食い付き (kuitsuki): fish bite
組付く, 組み付く (kumitsuku): grapple, wrestle
心付く (kokorozuku): perceive, notice
錆付く, 錆び付く (sabitsuku): rust together
染付く, 染み付く (shimitsuku): be indelibly stained or ingrained
吸付く, 吸い付く (suitsuku): stick to
責付く, 責っ付く (settsuku): pester someone
抱付く, 抱き付く (dakitsuku): cling to; to embrace
近付く (chikazuku): approach, draw near
近付き (chikazuki): acquaintance
突付く (tsutsuku): poke, nudge
飛付く, 跳付く, 飛び付く, 跳び付く (tobitsuku): jump at
取付く, 取り付く (toritsuku): cling to, hold on to
泣付く, 泣き付く (nakitsuku): cling to someone in tears
似付く (nitsuku): become, suit, be like
寝付く (netsuku): go to bed, go to sleep
寝付き (netsuki): quality of one's sleep
根付く (nezuku): take root, strike
粘付く (nebatsuku): be sticky, be stringy, be glutinous
張付く, 貼付く, 張り付く, 貼り付く (haritsuku): cling

巻付く, 巻き付く (makitsuku): twine around
燃付く, 燃え付く (moetsuku): catch fire, ignite
基付く (motozuku): be grounded on, be based on
焼付く, 焼き付く (yakitsuku): be scorched into
に付いて (ni tsuite): concerning, along, under
言付かる, 言い付かる (iitsukaru): be ordered
手付かず (tetsukazu): untouched, unused. intact
土付かず (tsuchitsukazu): clean record, undefeated
言付かる (nitozukaru): be entrusted with, be asked to
見付かる (mitsukaru): be found, be discovered
お付き合い (otsukiai): association, socializing, fellowship
取付かれる, 取り付かれる (toritsukareru): become obsessed with
傷付き難い, 傷付きにくい (kizutsukinikui): scratch-resistant
傷付き安い, 傷付きやすい (kizutsukiyasui): fragile, brittle
隣付き合い (tonarizukiai): neighborly relations
人付き合い (hitozukiai): social disposition
上付き文字 (uwatsukimoji): superscript
似付かわしい (nitsukawashii): suitable, appropriate, becoming
寝付きがいい (netsuki ga ii): find it easy to fall asleep
寝付きが悪い (netsuki ga warui): have difficulty falling asleep
上付き添え字 (uetsuki soeji): superscript
くっ付き虫 (kuttsukimushi): burr
引っ付き虫 (hittsukimushi): burr
お近付き, 御近付き (ochikazuki): making someone's acquaintance
くっ付く, 食っ付く (kuttsuku): adhere to, stick to
追っ付く (ottsuku): overtake, catch up
取っ付く, 取付く (tottsuku): cling to, hold on to
引っ付く (hittsuku): stick to, flirt with
こびり付く (kobiritsuku): stick to, cling to
しがみ付く (shigamitsuku): cling
チャラ付く (charatsuku): make oneself look cool
じゃら付く (jaratsuku): jingle, jangle, clink
べた付く (betatsuku): be sticky
へばり付く (hebaritsuku): cling to
在り付く, 有り付く (aritsuku): get, obtain
凍て付く (itetsuku): freeze
思い付く (omoitsuku): think of, hit upon
思い付き (omoitsuki): plan, idea, suggestion
齧り付く, 噛り付く (kajiritsuku, kaburitsuku): bite into, stick to
噛り付き (kaburitsuki): front-row sets, ringside seats
絡み付く (karamitsuku): twine oneself around, coil around
考え付く (kangaetsuku): think of, come up with
凍り付く (kōritsuku): freeze to, be frozen to
焦げ付く (kogetsuku): get burned and stuck on
焦げ付き (kogetsuki): bad debt
凍え付く (kogoetsuku): freeze to, be frozen to
凍み付く (shimitsuku): freeze to, be frozen to
縋り付く (sugaritsuku): cling to, depend on, embrace
高く付く (takaku tsuku): be expensive, be costly
震い付く (furuitsuku): hug
吠え付く (hoetsuku): bark at and chase
纏い付く (matoitsuku): entwine, follow about
結び付く (musubitsuku): be connected or related
結び付き (musubitsuki): connection, relation
焼け付く (yaketsuku): burn
安く付く (yasuku tsuku): come cheaper
病み付く (yamitsuku): be taken ill, be addicted to
病み付き (yamitsuki): being addicted, being wholly absorbed
寄り付く, 寄付く (yoritsuku): approach
寄り付き (yoritsuki): opening session, anteroom
仰せ付かる (ōsetsukaru): receive a command, be appointed
噛み付き亀 (kamitsuki kame): snapping turtle
焦げ付き融資 (kogetsuki yūshi): uncollectible loan
怖気付く, 怖じ気付く (ojikezuku, ojiketsuku): be seized with fear
愚図付く (guzutsuku): dawdle, waste time doing nothing in particular
見当付く (kentōtsuku): have a rough idea
条件付き (jōkentsuki): conditionally, with conditions attached
間誤付く (magotsuku): be confused, be flustered, be at a loss

何方付かず (dotchi tsukazu): gray area, unclear area, uncertain
間誤付かせる (magotsukaseru): fluster, abash, befuddle
条件付きエントロピー (jōkentsuki entoropī): conditional entropy
条件付きコンパイル (jōkentsuki konpairu): conditional compilation
条件付きジャンプ (jōkentsuki janpu): conditional jump
条件付きブランチ (jōkentsuki buranchi): conditional branch
近所付き合い (kinjozukiai): interaction with one's neighbors
親類付き合い (shinroizukiai): inter-family association
友達付き合い (tomodachizukiai): friendly relations, social relations
条件付き採録 (jōkentsuki sairoku): conditional acceptance
条件付き分岐 (jōkentsuki bunki): conditional branch
条件付き最適化 (jōkentsuki saitekika): constrained optimization
条件付き情報量 (jōkentsuki jōhōryō): conditional information content
条件付き表現式 (jōkentsuki hyōgenshiki): conditional expression
条件付き飛び越し (jōkentsuki tobikoshi): conditional jump
条件付き構成要素 (jōkentsuki kōsei yōso): conditional component
条件付き飛越し命令 (jōkentsuki tobikoshi meirei): conditional jump instruction
条件付き平均情報量 (jōkentsuki heikin jōhōryō): conditional entropy
息を付く (iki o tsuku): take a breath, take a short rest
嘘を付く (uso o tsuku): tell a lie, fib
足が付く (ashi ga tsuku): be traced, be tracked
片が付く, 方が付く (kata ga tsuku): settle, put an end to
気が付く (ki ga tsuku): notice, become aware, perceive
鳧が付く, けりが付く (keri ga tsuku): be settled
肉が付く (shishi ga tsuku, niku ga tsuku): gain weight, put on weight
根が付く (ne ga tsuku): take root, strike root
箔が付く (haku ga tsuku): increase in value, gain prestige
話が付く (hanashi ga tsuku): come to an agreement
火が付く (hi ga tsuku): catch fire, provoke
虫が付く (mushi ga tsuku): become verminous, be infested
板に付く (ita ni tsuku): get used to one's work
敵に付く (teki ni tsuku): take the side of the enemy
鼻に付く (hana ni tsuku): be cloying, be sick and tired with
身に付く (mi ni tsuku): master, become accustomed to
目に付く, 眼に付く (me ni tsuku): be noticeable, notice
手に付かない (te ni tsukanai): not be able to concentrate
顔を付き合わせる (kao o tsukiawaseru): meet face to face
取り付く島がない (toritsuku shima ga nai): unapproachable
取り付く島もない (toritsuku shima mo nai): unapproachable
生まれ付く, 生れ付く (umaretsuku): be born, be destined
生まれ付き (umaretsuki): by nature, by birth, native
食らい付く (kuraitsuku): bite at, snap at, nibble
纏わり付く, 纒わり付く (matsuwaritsuku, matowaritsuku): coil about, follow about
諦めが付く (akirame ga tsuku): give up, accept
盛りが付く (sakari ga tsuku): rut, get on heat
眠りに付く (nemuri ni tsuku): fall asleep
及びも付かぬ (oyobi mo tsukanu): far beyond one's power
区別が付く (kubetsu ga tsuku): tell X from Y, distinguish
区別が付かない (kubetsu ga tsukanai): unable to tell apart
見当が付く (kentō ga tsuku): have a rough idea of the situation
見当が付かない (kentō ga tsukanai): having not the slightest idea
説明が付く (setsumei ga tsuku): explain adequately
想像が付く (sōzō ga tsuku): one can imagine
目処が付く (medo ga tsuku): have a rough idea of the situation
連絡が付く (renraku ga tsuku): make contact
格好が付く (kakkō ga tsuku): take shape
物心が付く (monogokoro ga tsuku): reach the age of discretion
目鼻が付く (mehana ga tsuku): complete most of something
尻餅を付く (shiramochi o tsuku): fall on one's backside
帳面に付いている (chōmen ni tsuite iru): be written in a book
見分けが付く (miwake ga tsuku): be able to tell apart, distinguish
武者振り付く (mushaburitsuku): jump into the fray
石に齧り付いてでも (ishi ni kajiritsuite demo): even if through hell and high water
足が地に付かない (ashi ga chi ni tsukanai): losing oneself, on top of the world
悪銭身に付かず (akusenmi ni tsukazu): Easy come, easy go
引っ込みが付かない (hikkomi ga tsukanai): gone too far to retreat
焼け棒杭に火が付く (yakebokkui ni hi ga tsuku): Wood half-burned is easily kindled

Related terms

付 (つ)ける (tsukeru): attach, affix
附 (つ)く (tsuku): attach
着 (つ)く (tsuku): arrive at, reach
就 (つ)く (tsuku): set about a task
即 (つ)く (tsuku): ascend, accede
点 (つ)く (tsuku): be lit, catch fire

Suffix

付く (hiragana づく, rōmaji -zuku)

gain
become

Derived terms

付 (つ)き (tsuki): attached to
色付 (いろづ)く (irozuku): change color
力付 (ちからづ)く (chikarazuku): recover one's strength
肉付 (にくづ)く (nikuzuku): put on flesh, get fat
肉付 (にくづ)き (nikuzuki): bodily build
儲付 (もうけづ)くで, 儲 (もう)け付 (づ)くで (mōkezuku de): for investment
勢 (いきお)い付 (づ)く (ikioizuku): gather strength, take heart
演劇付 (えんげきづ)く (engekizuku): be absorbed in a play
活 (かっ)気 (き)付 (づ)く (kakkizuku): become animated, liven up

元 (げん)気 (き)付 (づ)く (genkizuku): get encouraged
産 (さん)気 (け)付 (づ)く (sankezuku): go into labor
正 (しょう)気 (き)付 (づ)く (shōkizuku): become conscious
調 (ちょう)子 (し)付 (づ)く (chōshizuku): warm up to, be elated
肉付 (にくづ)きが良 (い)い (nikuzuki ga ii), 肉付 (にくづ)きがいい (nikuzuki ga ii), 肉付 (にくづ)きが良 (よ)い (nikuzuki ga yoi), 肉付 (にくづ)きがよい (nikuzuki ga yoi) : stout, well-fleshed, well-built