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ドが付く (ドがつく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ドがつく

also: どがつく

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ku), noun-modifying (irregular)

extremely (something); very much (something)

usually written using kana alone

Used as a set phrase to emphasize that someone or something is an extreme example of a quality, often negative. Attaches to nouns or adjectives, e.g., ドが付くほどの～, ドが付く～.

See also: ド

彼かれはドが付つくほどのお人ひと好よしだ。
He is an extremely good-natured person.

あの店みせはドが付つくまずさだった。

That restaurant's food was extremely bad.

Written forms

ドが付つく
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; ド is the emphatic prefix.
どが付つく
All-hiragana variant; less common but acceptable.
どがつく

Kanji

付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

ド
The prefix ド itself is an intensifier meaning 'very' or 'super'. ドが付く is the full phrase meaning 'to be extremely (something)', often used in the pattern ドが付くほど or ドが付く～.

Etymology

The prefix ド is an intensifier of uncertain origin, possibly from ど (emphatic prefix) or a sound-symbolic element. ドが付く literally means 'to have ド attached', i.e., to be so extreme that it warrants the intensifier.