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くっつける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	くっつける	くっつけない
Polite	くっつけます	くっつけません
Past polite	くっつけました	くっつけませんでした
Past	くっつけた	くっつけなかった
Te-form	くっつけて	くっつけないで
Desire	くっつけたい	くっつけたくない
Potential	くっつけられるalso くっつけれる	くっつけられないalso くっつけれない
Passive	くっつけられる	くっつけられない
Causative	くっつけさせる	くっつけさせない
Causative passive	くっつけさせられる	くっつけさせられない
Volitional	くっつけよう
Polite volitional	くっつけましょう
Imperative	くっつけろ	くっつけるな
Conditional	くっつければ	くっつけなければ
Tara conditional	くっつけたら	くっつけなかったら

Pairs withくっつく

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

attach; stick; paste; glue

usually written using kana alone

General transitive verb for physically joining things together, often with adhesive or by pressing.

紙かみにシールをくっつける。
I stick a sticker onto the paper.
壊こわれたおもちゃを接せっ着ちゃく剤ざいでくっつけた。
I glued the broken toy back together.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

put side by side; place together

usually written using kana alone

Used when bringing two things close together, often physically, without necessarily using adhesive.

机つくえと机つくえをくっつけて、大おおきな作さ業ぎょう台だいにした。
We put the desks together to make a large work surface.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

get (someone) married; pair up

usually written using kana alonecolloquial

Colloquial use for matchmaking or pushing two people into a relationship or marriage.

友とも達だち同どう士しをくっつけようとしている。
I'm trying to set my friends up with each other.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉にくっつけるto attach one thing to another
切きっ手てを手て紙がみにくっつけた。
I stuck the stamp onto the letter.
〈物もの〉と〈物もの〉をくっつけるto push two things together, placing them side by side
二ふたつの机つくえをくっつけて大おおきな机つくえにした。
I pushed two desks together to make one big desk.
〈人ひと〉と〈人ひと〉をくっつけるto set two people up as a couple
友とも達だちが二人ふたりをくっつけようとしている。
My friend is trying to set the two of them up as a couple.

Kanji

付adhere, attach, refer to

Transitive / intransitive

くっつくN3sense 1
くっ付く is the intransitive form meaning 'to stick/cling to something', while くっ付ける is the transitive form meaning 'to attach something'.

Related words

つけるN5sense 1
付ける is the more general, formal verb for 'attach/add', whereas くっ付ける is casual and stresses a tight, direct joining.
張はるN5sense 1
貼る specifically means to paste or stick something flat (like a sticker) with adhesive, while くっ付ける is broader and doesn't require glue.
合あわせるN3sense 2
合わせる means to bring things together or align them, while くっ付ける emphasizes placing them right up against each other.
取とり持もつ sense 3
取り持つ means to mediate or arrange a match between people formally, while くっ付ける is a casual way of saying to pair two people up.

Opposites

離はなすN3sense 1
離す means to separate or detach, the opposite of くっ付ける which means to attach or join together.

Don't confuse with

片かた付づけるN4sense 1
片付ける looks and sounds similar to くっ付ける but means 'to tidy up or put away', not 'to attach'.

Written forms

くっつけるUsage98%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form くっ付ける is rare.
くっ付つけるUsage2%
Kanji spelling is uncommon; the kana form is strongly preferred.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 付ける (つける, 'to attach') with the prefix くっ, which adds a sense of tightness or closeness. The exact origin of くっ is uncertain, but it may be related to mimetic or emphatic elements in colloquial Japanese.