I Love Kanjiくっつく (kuttsuku)
くっつく is a Japanese verb meaning “to adhere to; to stick to”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くっつく
- Romaji
- kuttsuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to keep close to; to go along with · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of くっつく
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 | くっつく | くっつく kuttsuku |
| Polite (~masu) | くっつきます | くっつきます kuttsukimasu |
| Negative | くっつかない | くっつかない kuttsukanai |
| Polite negative | くっつきません | くっつきません kuttsukimasen |
| Past | くっついた | くっついた kuttsuita |
| Polite past | くっつきました | くっつきました kuttsukimashita |
| Negative past | くっつかなかった | くっつかなかった kuttsukanakatta |
| Te-form | くっついて | くっついて kuttsuite |
| Potential | くっつける | くっつける kuttsukeru |
| Passive | くっつかれる | くっつかれる kuttsukareru |
| Causative | くっつかせる | くっつかせる kuttsukaseru |
| Volitional | くっつこう | くっつこう kuttsukou |
| Imperative | くっつけ | くっつけ kuttsuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | くっつけば | くっつけば kuttsukeba |
Source: JMdict entry 1003860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.