取り付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
取り憑く
取付く

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, taking, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 取る (toru, to take)) +‎ 付く (tsuku, to stick to).

Pronunciation

Verb

()() • (toritsukuintransitive godan (stem ()() (toritsuki), past ()()いた (toritsuita))

  1. possess, haunt
    Synonym: 憑く (tsuku)
  2. cling to, hold onto

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN