片かた付づける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

tidy up; put away; clear up

Physical tidying: putting things in their proper place, cleaning up a room or desk.

• 子こ供どもたちはおもちゃを片かた付づけた。

  The children put away their toys.

• 机つくえの上うえを片かた付づけてから仕し事ごとを始はじめよう。

  Let's tidy up the desk before starting work.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

settle; resolve; deal with

Used for problems, tasks, or matters that need to be dealt with and brought to a conclusion.

• この問もん題だいを早はやく片かた付づけないと、もっと大おおきくなる。

  If we don't settle this problem quickly, it will get bigger.

• 面めん倒どうな用よう事じを全ぜん部ぶ片かた付づけてしまった。

  I've dealt with all the troublesome errands.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

finish; get done; complete

Focuses on completing a task or getting through a workload, often with a sense of clearing it off one's plate.

• 今日きょう中じゅうにこの仕し事ごとを片かた付づけてしまいたい。

  I want to finish this work by the end of today.

• 宿しゅく題だいを片かた付づけてから遊あそびに行いきなさい。

  Finish your homework before you go out to play.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

marry off (one's daughter)

Traditional expression for arranging a daughter's marriage; occasionally written as 嫁ける.

• 彼かれは娘むすめを医い者しゃに片かた付づけた。

  He married his daughter off to a doctor.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

bump off; do away with; kill

Slangy or euphemistic way to say 'kill' or 'eliminate' someone.

• やくざが裏うら切ぎり者ものを片かた付づけたらしい。

  The yakuza apparently bumped off the traitor.