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

()() (toritsuku) intransitive godan (stem ()() (toritsuki), past ()()いた (toritsuita))

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

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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