付つく

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

leave a mark; stain; scar; take on color

Used when a stain, mark, color, or scar remains on a surface or body part.

• 白しろいシャツにワインの染しみが付ついた。

  A wine stain got on the white shirt.

• 転ころんで膝ひざに傷きずが付ついた。

  I fell and got a cut on my knee.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

bear fruit; earn interest; produce

Used for fruit growing on a plant, or for interest and similar gains being added.

• 今年ことしは柿かきの実みがたくさん付ついた。

  The persimmon tree bore a lot of fruit this year.

• この口こう座ざには毎まい月つき利り息そくが付つく。

  Interest is added to this account every month.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be acquired; develop; gain strength

Used for habits, abilities, strength, confidence, or similar qualities becoming established in someone.

• 毎まい日にち練れん習しゅうすれば、自し然ぜんに力ちからが付つく。

  If you practice every day, your ability will naturally grow.

• 悪わるい癖くせが付つく前まえに直なおしたほうがいい。

  You should correct it before you pick up a bad habit.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

take root

Plant-related use, especially in 根が付く, meaning that roots have established themselves.

• 挿さし木きにようやく根ねが付ついた。

  The cutting finally took root.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

accompany; attend; follow; study under

Used when someone stays with, follows, serves, or studies under another person; common in patterns like 人に付いて学ぶ and 人に付く.

• 彼かの女じょは有ゆう名めいな先せん生せいに付ついて茶さ道どうを学まなんだ。

  She studied tea ceremony under a famous teacher.

• 新しん人じんにはベテランの先せん輩ぱいが付ついた。

  An experienced senior was assigned to accompany the new employee.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

side with; belong to; join a side

Used for aligning oneself with a person, group, faction, or side; 味方に付く is a common expression.

• 彼かれは最さい後ごまで味み方かたに付ついた。

  He sided with his allies until the end.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

possess; haunt

Only when written 憑く / 付く · Only with reading つく

Supernatural use for a spirit, ghost, fox, etc. possessing or haunting someone or something; 憑く is the clearest spelling for this sense.

See also: 憑く

• 狐きつねが憑ついたと村むら人びとは信しんじていた。

  The villagers believed that a fox spirit had possessed him.

• 古ふるい屋や敷しきに霊れいが憑ついているという噂うわさだ。

  There is a rumor that a spirit haunts the old mansion.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be lit; catch fire; turn on

Only when written 点く / 付く · Only with reading つく

Used for lights, fires, and appliances starting to work or becoming lit; 点く is a common specialized spelling, while 火が付く is also common for catching fire.

See also: つく

• スイッチを押おすと、廊ろう下かの電でん気きが点ついた。

  When I pressed the switch, the hallway light came on.

• 湿しめった薪まきにはなかなか火ひが付つかない。

  Wet firewood does not catch fire easily.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be settled; be resolved; be decided

Common in fixed collocations such as 話が付く and 決着が付く, meaning that a matter reaches a conclusion.

• ようやく話はなしが付ついた。

  We finally reached an agreement.

• その件けんはまだ決けっ着ちゃくが付ついていない。

  That matter has not been settled yet.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be given; be assigned

Used when a name, price, grade, value, or similar label is assigned to something; the transitive counterpart is 付ける.

• その絵えに高たかい値ね段だんが付ついた。

  A high price was put on that painting.

• 赤あかちゃんに名な前まえが付ついた。

  The baby was given a name.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be perceived; be noticeable; catch one's attention

Often appears in sensory or perception expressions such as 目に付く, 耳に付く, and 鼻に付く.

• その看かん板ばんは遠とおくからでも目めに付つく。

  That sign catches the eye even from far away.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be lucky; be in luck

Idiomatic use from 運がつく; in everyday speech it is often written in kana as ついている.

• くじに当あたるなんて、今日きょうはついているね。

  Winning the lottery today? You are really in luck.

suffix, godan verb (-ku)

become; take on a state

Only when written 付く / づく · Only with reading つく / づく

Bound suffix use after stems, mimetic words, and similar bases; it often appears as づく in compounds and means that a state develops or becomes noticeable.

See also: 付く (づく)

• 秋あきになると、山やまの木き々ぎが色いろづく。

  When autumn comes, the trees in the mountains take on color.

• 会かい場じょうが活かっ気き付づいてきた。

  The venue started to grow lively.