I Love Kanji辿り着く (tadoritsuku)
辿り着く (たどりつく, tadoritsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たどりつく
- Romaji
- tadoritsuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 辿り着く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 辿り着く | たどりつく tadoritsuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 辿り着きます | たどりつきます tadoritsukimasu |
| Negative | 辿り着かない | たどりつかない tadoritsukanai |
| Polite negative | 辿り着きません | たどりつきません tadoritsukimasen |
| Past | 辿り着いた | たどりついた tadoritsuita |
| Polite past | 辿り着きました | たどりつきました tadoritsukimashita |
| Negative past | 辿り着かなかった | たどりつかなかった tadoritsukanakatta |
| Te-form | 辿り着いて | たどりついて tadoritsuite |
| Potential | 辿り着ける | たどりつける tadoritsukeru |
| Passive | 辿り着かれる | たどりつかれる tadoritsukareru |
| Causative | 辿り着かせる | たどりつかせる tadoritsukaseru |
| Volitional | 辿り着こう | たどりつこう tadoritsukou |
| Imperative | 辿り着け | たどりつけ tadoritsuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 辿り着けば | たどりつけば tadoritsukeba |
Kanji in 辿り着く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 辿り着く.
辿るたどるto follow (a road, path, etc.)上着うわぎcoat着るきるto wear (from the shoulders down)着くつくto arrive at着物きものkimono下着したぎunderwear到着とうちゃくarrival着けるつけるto attach着ちゃくarrival着々ちゃくちゃくsteadily肌着はだぎunderwear水着みずぎbathing suit落着くおちつくto calm down着替えきがえchanging clothes
Source: JMdict entry 1416680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.