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就く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) [tsúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • (Tokyo) [tsùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1] non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨkɯ̟]

Verb

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() (tsukugodan (stem () (tsuki), past ()いた (tsuita))

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

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN