JLPT N4 · Verb

点く (tsuku)

点く (つく, tsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つく
Romaji: tsuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to start burning · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

木造建築物は火がつきやすい。

Wooden buildings catch fire easily.

Tatoeba #74072

灯りが一晩中ついている。

The lights have been burning all night.

Tatoeba #124126

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

Conjugation of 点く

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	点く	つく tsuku
Polite (~masu)	点きます	つきます tsukimasu
Negative	点かない	つかない tsukanai
Polite negative	点きません	つきません tsukimasen
Past	点いた	ついた tsuita
Polite past	点きました	つきました tsukimashita
Negative past	点かなかった	つかなかった tsukanakatta
Te-form	点いて	ついて tsuite
Potential	点ける	つける tsukeru
Passive	点かれる	つかれる tsukareru
Causative	点かせる	つかせる tsukaseru
Volitional	点こう	つこう tsukou
Imperative	点け	つけ tsuke
Conditional (~ba)	点けば	つけば tsukeba

Kanji in 点く

点

spot, point, markテン・つ.ける・つ.く · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 点く.

交差点こうさてんcrossing点てんdot欠点けってんfault要点ようてんgist視点してんpoint of view採点さいてんmarking弱点じゃくてんweak point終点しゅうてんterminus重点じゅうてんimportant point焦点しょうてんfocus地点ちてんspot頂点ちょうてんvertex点数てんすうmarks満点まんてんperfect score

Source: JMdict entry 1441400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.