就く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
就
つ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つく [tsúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) つく [tsùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

就(つ)く • (tsuku) godan (stem 就(つ)き (tsuki), past 就(つ)いた (tsuita))

assume power, accede, fill a position, take a job
start some work, commence
apprentice under someone
(used in the form に就いて or に就き) about, concerning
私(わたし)はあなたに日本(にほん)について話(はな)しましょう。
Watashi wa anata ni Nihon ni tsuite hanashimashō.
I'll tell you about Japan.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "就く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	就か	つか	tsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	就き	つき	tsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	就く	つく	tsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	就く	つく	tsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	就け	つけ	tsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	就け	つけ	tsuke
Key constructions
Passive	就かれる	つかれる	tsukareru
Causative	就かせる就かす	つかせるつかす	tsukaseru tsukasu
Potential	就ける	つける	tsukeru
Volitional	就こう	つこう	tsukō
Negative	就かない	つかない	tsukanai
Negative continuative	就かず	つかず	tsukazu
Formal	就きます	つきます	tsukimasu
Perfective	就いた	ついた	tsuita
Conjunctive	就いて	ついて	tsuite
Hypothetical conditional	就けば	つけば	tsukeba

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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