JLPT N2 · Verb

くっつける (kuttsukeru)

くっつける is a Japanese verb meaning “to attach; to stick together”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
くっつける
Romaji
kuttsukeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to attach; to stick together; to paste; to glue · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
  2. to place together; to put side by side · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
  3. to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana, colloquial

Example sentences

彼はその破片をくっつけ合わした。
He stuck the broken pieces together.
このCDプレイヤーを棚の前の端にぴったりとくっつけてください。
Set the CD player square with the front edge of the shelf, please.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of くっつける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryくっつけるくっつける kuttsukeru
Polite (~masu)くっつけますくっつけます kuttsukemasu
Negativeくっつけないくっつけない kuttsukenai
Polite negativeくっつけませんくっつけません kuttsukemasen
Pastくっつけたくっつけた kuttsuketa
Polite pastくっつけましたくっつけました kuttsukemashita
Negative pastくっつけなかったくっつけなかった kuttsukenakatta
Te-formくっつけてくっつけて kuttsukete
Potentialくっつけられるくっつけられる kuttsukerareru
Passiveくっつけられるくっつけられる kuttsukerareru
Causativeくっつけさせるくっつけさせる kuttsukesaseru
Volitionalくっつけようくっつけよう kuttsukeyou
Imperativeくっつけろくっつけろ kuttsukero
Conditional (~ba)くっつければくっつければ kuttsukereba

Source: JMdict entry 1003870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.