付つけ

noun

bill; invoice; tab; credit account

Refers to a record of charges or an amount to be paid; ツケ is especially common for putting drinks or meals on a tab for later payment. Formal business invoices are more commonly called 請求書.

• 飲のみ代だいはツケにして、月げつ末まつにまとめて払はらった。

  I put the drinks on my tab and paid everything together at the end of the month.

• 店みせの付つけを確かく認にんすると、先せん月げつの分ぶんが残のこっていた。

  When I checked the shop's bill, last month's charges were still there.

noun

contact play; attachment

Go term for playing directly against an opponent's stone; this sense is usually written ツケ.

• 白しろは黒くろのツケにハネで応おうじた。

  White answered Black's contact play with a hane.

noun

kabuki clapper sound effect

Kabuki stage term for the emphatic sound effect made by striking a wooden board with clappers; generally a specialist theatre word.

• 役やく者しゃが見み得えを切きると、鋭するどいツケが入はいった。

  When the actor struck a mie pose, a sharp tsuke clapper sound came in.

noun

letter; reason; motive; pretext; fortune; luck

Archaic noun uses. These meanings are not normal modern standalone uses of 付け; modern Japanese would usually use words such as 手紙, 理由, 口実, 運, or 幸運 instead.

• 古こ語ごの「つけ」には、手て紙がみを指さす用よう法ほうがある。

  In classical vocabulary, tsuke has a use meaning a letter.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「つけ」が理り由ゆうや口こう実じつ、また運うんを表あらわすこともある。

  In old writing, tsuke can also express a reason or pretext, or one's luck.