JLPT N3 · Verb

片付く (katazuku)

片付く (かたづく, katazuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be put in order; to be put to rights”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かたづく
Romaji
katazuku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be put in order; to be put to rights · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to be disposed of; to be solved · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to be finished · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to be married (off) · godan verb, intransitive · also written as 嫁く

Example sentences

ごたごたが片付いてさばさばした。
I felt relieved when all the troubles were taken care of.
私の仕事は大概片付いた。
My work is almost finished.

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

Conjugation of 片付く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary片付くかたづく katazuku
Polite (~masu)片付きますかたづきます katazukimasu
Negative片付かないかたづかない katazukanai
Polite negative片付きませんかたづきません katazukimasen
Past片付いたかたづいた katazuita
Polite past片付きましたかたづきました katazukimashita
Negative past片付かなかったかたづかなかった katazukanakatta
Te-form片付いてかたづいて katazuite
Potential片付けるかたづける katazukeru
Passive片付かれるかたづかれる katazukareru
Causative片付かせるかたづかせる katazukaseru
Volitional片付こうかたづこう katazukou
Imperative片付けかたづけ katazuke
Conditional (~ba)片付けばかたづけば katazukeba

Kanji in 片付く

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 片付く.

Source: JMdict entry 1511770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.