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] non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
- IPA(key): [t͡sɨkɯ̟]
Verb
就く • (tsuku) godan (stem 就き (tsuki), past 就いた (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
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 |