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身につける (みにつける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Conjugation Meanings 1
expression, ichidan verb
learn ; acquire ; master
Used for making knowledge, skills, manners, habits, or abilities become part of oneself. 身に付ける is especially natural for this abstract sense.
彼かの 女じょ は 独どく 学がく で プログラミング の 技ぎ 術じゅつ を 身み に 付つ け た 。
She taught herself and acquired programming skills.
2
expression, ichidan verb
wear ; put on ; carry on one's person
Used for clothes, accessories, jewelry, weapons, valuables, and other things kept on or close to the body. 身に着ける is especially natural for the physical wearing or carrying sense.
Written forms 身み につける
Common mixed-kana spelling and the high-priority form; usable for both acquiring skills and wearing or carrying something on one's person.
身み に 付つ ける
Kanji spelling especially associated with acquiring knowledge, habits, skills, or qualities, though it can also be understood more broadly as attaching something to oneself.
身み に 着つ ける
Kanji spelling especially used when something is worn or carried on the body, such as clothes, accessories, or valuables.
Kanji 身 somebody, person, one's station in life 付 adhere, attach, refer to Similar words 学まな ぶ Means to study or learn; 身につける emphasizes that the skill or knowledge has become internalized and usable.
習しゅう 得とく する A more formal word for acquiring or mastering a skill or body of knowledge; 身につける is more everyday and idiomatic.
着き る Used mainly for putting on or wearing clothes on the body; 身につける can also cover accessories and things carried close to the body.
Etymology An idiomatic expression from 身に, 'on or to one's body/person,' plus つける, 'to attach.' The physical idea of attaching or wearing something on oneself extends naturally to acquiring skills or knowledge as part of oneself; the spelling 着ける highlights the wearing sense.
