愛あい着ちゃく

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愛着する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	愛あい着ちゃくする	愛あい着ちゃくしない
Polite	愛あい着ちゃくします	愛あい着ちゃくしません
Past polite	愛あい着ちゃくしました	愛あい着ちゃくしませんでした
Past	愛あい着ちゃくした	愛あい着ちゃくしなかった
Te-form	愛あい着ちゃくして	愛あい着ちゃくしないで
Desire	愛あい着ちゃくしたい	愛あい着ちゃくしたくない
Potential	愛あい着ちゃくできる	愛あい着ちゃくできない
Passive	愛あい着ちゃくされる	愛あい着ちゃくされない
Causative	愛あい着ちゃくさせる	愛あい着ちゃくさせない
Causative passive	愛あい着ちゃくさせられる	愛あい着ちゃくさせられない
Volitional	愛あい着ちゃくしよう
Polite volitional	愛あい着ちゃくしましょう
Imperative	愛あい着ちゃくしろ	愛あい着ちゃくするな
Conditional	愛あい着ちゃくすれば	愛あい着ちゃくしなければ
Tara conditional	愛あい着ちゃくしたら	愛あい着ちゃくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

attachment; affection; fondness

Emotional attachment, especially to things, places, or routines; often implies a deep, lasting fondness. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to feel attached'.

長なが年ねん使つかった道どう具ぐには愛あい着ちゃくがある。
I feel attached to tools I've used for many years.
この土と地ちに愛あい着ちゃくを感かんじている。
I feel an attachment to this land.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に愛あい着ちゃくを持もつto feel attached to a thing
この古ふるい時計とけいに愛あい着ちゃくを持もっている。
I feel attached to this old watch.
〈場ば所しょ〉に愛あい着ちゃくを感かんじるto feel attachment to a place
長ながく住すんだこの町まちに愛あい着ちゃくを感かんじる。
I feel a deep attachment to this town where I've lived for a long time.
愛あい着ちゃくが強つよいto have a strong attachment (to something)
彼かれはその車くるまへの愛あい着ちゃくが強つよい。
He has a strong attachment to that car.
〈物もの〉を手て放ばなすto part with something one is attached to
愛あい着ちゃくのあるバッグをなかなか手て放ばなせない。
I can't bring myself to give up this bag I'm attached to.

Kanji

愛love, affection, favourite
着don, arrive, wear

Related words

執しゅう着ちゃくN1
執着 describes a strong, often obsessive clinging to something, whereas 愛着 is a warm, positive attachment.
愛あい情じょうN3
愛情 is broader love or affection usually directed at people, while 愛着 specifically describes fondness for things, places, or habits.
思おもい入いれ
思い入れ emphasizes personal emotional investment or sentimental value in something, while 愛着 focuses on the ongoing feeling of attachment itself.
親したしみN2
愛着 describes a strong emotional attachment built over time (often to objects, places, or habits), while 親しみ is a lighter, more general feeling of friendliness or approachability.
愛あい好こう
愛着 stresses an emotional attachment built up over time with a particular object or place, while 愛好 stresses cultivated appreciation or enjoyment of a category of thing like art or music.

Opposites

嫌けん悪おN1
嫌悪 is a feeling of dislike or aversion toward something, the opposite of the fond attachment expressed by 愛着.

Don't confuse with

愛あい用ようN1
愛着 describes emotional attachment to something (which may not even be used regularly), while 愛用 specifically means using an item often out of preference.

Word family

愛あい着ちゃく理り論ろん
attachment theory
愛あい着ちゃく障しょう害がい
attachment disorder
愛あい着ちゃくがわく
grow fond of; become attached to; develop affection for

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese Buddhist compound of 愛 “craving, attachment” and 着 “clinging.” Its older religious sense of worldly attachment broadened to ordinary affection or fondness.