くっ付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
付
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kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くっつく [kùttsúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊t̚t͡sɨkɯ̟]
Audio: (file)

Verb

くっ付(つ)く • (kuttsuku) intransitive godan (stem くっ付(つ)き (kuttsuki), past くっ付(つ)いた (kuttsuita))

cling to, adhere, stick fast
画(が)面(めん)にくっついた髪(かみ)の毛(け)
gamen ni kuttsuita kami-no-ke
hair that has stuck to the screen

接(せつ)尾(び)辞(じ)がくっつくと発(はつ)音(おん)が変(か)わります。
Setsubiji ga kuttsuku to hatsuon ga kawarimasu.
The pronunciation changes when a suffix sticks to the end.
keep close to someone, follow
date, go out, be involved with someone romantically

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くっ付く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	くっ付か	くっつか	kuttsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	くっ付き	くっつき	kuttsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	くっ付く	くっつく	kuttsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	くっ付く	くっつく	kuttsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	くっ付け	くっつけ	kuttsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	くっ付け	くっつけ	kuttsuke
Key constructions
Passive	くっ付かれる	くっつかれる	kuttsukareru
Causative	くっ付かせるくっ付かす	くっつかせるくっつかす	kuttsukaseru kuttsukasu
Potential	くっ付ける	くっつける	kuttsukeru
Volitional	くっ付こう	くっつこう	kuttsukō
Negative	くっ付かない	くっつかない	kuttsukanai
Negative continuative	くっ付かず	くっつかず	kuttsukazu
Formal	くっ付きます	くっつきます	kuttsukimasu
Perfective	くっ付いた	くっついた	kuttsuita
Conjunctive	くっ付いて	くっついて	kuttsuite
Hypothetical conditional	くっ付けば	くっつけば	kuttsukeba

Derived terms

くっつきのを (kuttsukinō, “the clingy o”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN