追いつく (おいつく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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追いつく · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	追おいつく	追おいつかない
Polite	追おいつきます	追おいつきません
Past polite	追おいつきました	追おいつきませんでした
Past	追おいついた	追おいつかなかった
Te-form	追おいついて	追おいつかないで
Desire	追おいつきたい	追おいつきたくない
Potential	追おいつける	追おいつけない
Passive	追おいつかれる	追おいつかれない
Causative	追おいつかせる	追おいつかせない
Causative passive	追おいつかせられるalso 追おいつかされる	追おいつかせられないalso 追おいつかされない
Volitional	追おいつこう
Polite volitional	追おいつきましょう
Imperative	追おいつけ	追おいつくな
Conditional	追おいつけば	追おいつかなければ
Tara conditional	追おいついたら	追おいつかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

catch up with; draw level with; reach

Intransitive verb used with に for the person, thing, level, or pace one catches up to. It can be physical or abstract, and is often negative as 追いつかない, meaning something cannot keep up.

彼かれは全ぜん力りょくで走はしって、前まえの選せん

Kanji

追chase, drive away, follow
付adhere, attach, refer to
着don, arrive, wear

Related words

追おい越こすN3sense 1
追いつく means to reach the same position or level as someone, while 追い越す means to overtake and go beyond them.
埋うめ合あわせる sense 2
追いつく in its 'make up for' sense overlaps with 埋め合わせる, but 埋め合わせる is the more general, deliberate act of compensating for a loss, while 追いつく (often negative as 追いつかない) stresses that the compensation is no longer enough.
間まに合あうN4sense 1
追いつく is about physically or figuratively catching up to a person, level, or pace, while 間に合う means being in time or being sufficient for a deadline.
追つい及きゅうN1
追いつく is the everyday word for catching up with someone or something, while 追及 in this literal sense is a stiff, rarely used alternative.
追おい上あげるN1
追いつく means to fully catch up and eliminate the gap, while 追い上げる describes the ongoing process of closing that gap without necessarily reaching the target.

Opposites

遅おくれるN4sense 1
追いつく means to catch up to someone or something, while 遅れる means to fall behind or be late.
振ふり切きる
追いつく means to catch up with someone, the opposite of 振り切る's sense of pulling away and leaving them behind.

Don't confuse with

追おいかけるN3sense 1
追いかける describes the act of chasing after someone, while 追いつく describes actually succeeding in catching up to them.
追おい抜ぬくN1
追いつく means to catch up to the same level or position, whereas 追い抜く means to go past and get ahead of that point.
追おい越

Written forms

追おいつくUsage89%
Common mixed-kana spelling, with the verb ending written in hiragana.
追おい付つくUsage9%
Common full-kanji spelling using 付く; interchangeable with 追いつく in ordinary use.
おいつくUsage1%
追おい着つくUsage1%

Etymology

A native Japanese compound of 追い, the continuative form of 追う, and 付く or 着く, giving the idea of reaching or coming up to something after pursuing it. The exact historical spelling preference is not specified.

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