気き付づく

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気付く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	気き付づく	気き付づかない
Polite	気き付づきます	気き付づきません
Past polite	気き付づきました	気き付づきませんでした
Past	気き付づいた	気き付づかなかった
Te-form	気き付づいて	気き付づかないで
Desire	気き付づきたい	気き付づきたくない
Potential	気き付づける	気き付づけない
Passive	気き付づかれる	気き付づかれない
Causative	気き付づかせる	気き付づかせない
Causative passive	気き付づかせられるalso 気き付づかされる	気き付づかせられないalso 気き付づかされない
Volitional	気き付づこう
Polite volitional	気き付づきましょう
Imperative	気き付づけ	気き付づくな
Conditional	気き付づけば	気き付づかなければ
Tara conditional	気き付づいたら	気き付づかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

notice; realize; become aware of

Intransitive verb for becoming aware of something, often with に or と marking the noticed thing. Covers noticing, realizing, sensing, and suspecting.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの間ま違ちがいに気きづいた。
He noticed his mistake.
外そとが暗くらくなっているのに気きづきましたか。
Did you realize it's gotten dark outside?

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

regain consciousness; come to

Used when someone recovers from fainting or unconsciousness. Cross-referenced with 気がつく sense 3.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に気きづくto notice/realize something
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの間ま違ちがいに気きづいた。
He realized his own mistake.
〈場ば所しょ〉で気きづくto regain consciousness at (a place)
彼かれは病びょう院いんで気きづいた。
He regained consciousness in the hospital.
気きづかないうちにwithout noticing; before one realizes it
気きづかないうちに時じ間かんが過すぎていた。
Time had passed without me noticing.
気きづけば〈事こと〉before one knows it, ... (happens)
気きづけば夜よ中なかの三さん時じだった。
Before I knew it, it was three in the morning.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words· 7

気きがつくN3
気づく and 気がつく are essentially interchangeable, but 気がつく sounds slightly more formal or explicit in writing.
悟さとるN1sense 1
気づく is a light, everyday word for noticing something, while 悟る implies a deeper, often sudden realization or enlightenment.
認みとめるN3
気づく is an intransitive, everyday word for noticing something, while 認める in this sense is more formal and often written.
察さっ知ち
気づく is a casual, everyday verb for noticing something, while 察知 is formal and implies picking up on subtle or indirect signs.

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目め覚ざめるN1
気づく is a plain word for noticing or realizing something, whereas 目覚める carries a stronger sense of a deep, often life-changing awakening to a truth or ability.
思おもい当あたるN1
気づく means to notice or become aware of something happening now, while 思い当たる involves connecting a present clue with a past memory or experience.
知しるN5
気づく highlights the sudden moment of noticing something, while 知る (in its 'sense/notice' meaning) can describe a more gradual or subtle awareness.

Opposites

見み落おとすN1
気づく means to notice or become aware of something, the opposite of 見落とす, which means to fail to notice it.

Don't confuse with

感かんづく sense 1
気づく means to notice or become aware of something concrete, while 感づく means to sense or suspect something, often intuitively and without clear evidence.
気きにするN3sense 1
気づく means to notice or realize something, whereas 気にする means to worry about or be bothered by something; both use 気 but express different actions.
気き付づけ
気付 (きづけ) is the mailing-address suffix meaning 'c/o', while 気付く (きづく) is the verb meaning 'to notice' — same kanji, different reading and meaning.

Word family

気きづき
awareness; realization; noticing
元げん気きづく
cheer up; perk up; regain energy
正しょう気きづく
come to one's senses; regain consciousness; snap out of it

Written forms

気き付づくUsage21%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
気きづくUsage78%
Common kana-mixed spelling; widely used in everyday writing.

Etymology

Developed from 気が付く, “one’s attention becomes engaged,” with omission of the particle が. Its senses include becoming aware and regaining consciousness.