付つけ

つ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

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.

Related words

請せい求きゅう書しょN3sense 1
請求書 is a formal, written invoice used in business, while 付け is the everyday tab or running charge kept at a bar, restaurant, or shop.
勘かん定じょうN3sense 1
勘定 covers the bill or the act of calculating charges in general, whereas 付け specifically implies charges left unpaid to be settled later.
掛かけN1sense 1
掛け is the more accounting-flavored term for buying or selling on credit, while 付け is the casual word for a tab run up at a bar or shop.

Word family· 175

つけるN5
attach; add; apply · furnish; equip; install · put on; wear · keep a diary; make an entry; record · set a price; appraise; assign a value · allot; budget; assign · bring alongside; dock; pull up to · place under guard; put in someone's care; assign someone to watch · tail; shadow; follow secretly · load; give energy; give courage · keep an eye on; watch out for; be careful about · establish contact; settle an understanding; arrange · turn on a light; switch on · bear flowers; bear fruit; produce · play an attachment; attach in Go · do intensely; do fiercely; do forcefully · be used to doing; be accustomed to
片かた付づけN2
tidying up; cleaning up; putting in order
ぶつけるN3
hit; strike; knock; crash into · throw; fling; hurl · vent; express; direct (emotions, words) · pit against; set against; match against

Written forms

付つけUsage60%
Standard kanji spelling, especially for the general accounting and charge-record senses.
つけUsage24%
ツケUsage16%
kana-only spelling
Practical katakana spelling, common for a bar or restaurant tab and usual for the Go term; also seen for the kabuki term.
附つけ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji variant given; normally write 付け or use kana/katakana where appropriate.

付つけ

Meanings

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Expressions· 14