執着する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 執着する | 執着しない |
| Polite | 執着します | 執着しません |
| Past polite | 執着しました | 執着しませんでした |
| Past | 執着した | 執着しなかった |
| Te-form | 執着して | 執着しないで |
| Desire | 執着したい | 執着したくない |
| Potential | 執着できる | 執着できない |
| Passive | 執着される | 執着されない |
| Causative | 執着させる | 執着させない |
| Causative passive | 執着させられる | 執着させられない |
| Volitional | 執着しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 執着しましょう | |
| Imperative | 執着しろ | 執着するな |
| Conditional | 執着すれば | 執着しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 執着したら | 執着しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
attachment; fixation; obsession; clinging
Describes a strong emotional or mental attachment to something, often with a negative nuance of being unable to let go. Commonly used with ～する to mean 'to be attached/obsessed'.
彼は昔のやり方に執着している。
He clings to the old ways.
お金に執着しすぎると、人生がつまらなくなる。
If you become too obsessed with money, life becomes dull.
彼女は過去の失敗に執着して、前に進めないでいる。
She is fixated on her past mistakes and can't move forward.
He is obsessed with money.
It's important to let go of your attachment to the past.
She has a strong fixation on brand-name goods.
He is fixated on his past failures.
執着する is a more formal, often psychological term for being unable to let go of something, whereas 拘る is the everyday word for fussing over details.
執着 conveys a clinging, sometimes obsessive attachment that is hard to let go of, while 思い入れ is a warmer, more positive term for caring deeply.
執着 describes a strong, often obsessive attachment to something, while 独占欲 specifically emphasizes the desire to exclude others from sharing it.
Rarely used kanji form; 着 is the modern standard.