JLPT N1 · Verb

結び付く (musubitsuku)

結び付く (むすびつく, musubitsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be related; to be connected”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むすびつく
Romaji: musubitsuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together · godan verb, intransitive
to result in; to lead to; to bring about · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼の努力が好成績に結びついた。

His efforts led to good results.

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

Conjugation of 結び付く

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	結び付く	むすびつく musubitsuku
Polite (~masu)	結び付きます	むすびつきます musubitsukimasu
Negative	結び付かない	むすびつかない musubitsukanai
Polite negative	結び付きません	むすびつきません musubitsukimasen
Past	結び付いた	むすびついた musubitsuita
Polite past	結び付きました	むすびつきました musubitsukimashita
Negative past	結び付かなかった	むすびつかなかった musubitsukanakatta
Te-form	結び付いて	むすびついて musubitsuite
Potential	結び付ける	むすびつける musubitsukeru
Passive	結び付かれる	むすびつかれる musubitsukareru
Causative	結び付かせる	むすびつかせる musubitsukaseru
Volitional	結び付こう	むすびつこう musubitsukou
Imperative	結び付け	むすびつけ musubitsuke
Conditional (~ba)	結び付けば	むすびつけば musubitsukeba

Kanji in 結び付く

結

tie, bind, contractケツ・ケチ・むす.ぶ・ゆ.う · 12 strokes

付

adhere, attach, refer toフ・つ.ける・-つ.ける · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 結び付く.

結構けっこうsplendid結婚けっこんmarriage結果けっかresult結局けっきょくafter all結論けつろんconclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.)結ぶむすぶto tie結核けっかくtuberculosis結合けつごうcombination結晶けっしょうcrystal結成けっせいformation結束けっそくunion妥結だけつsettlement団結だんけつunity結びむすびending

Source: JMdict entry 1254640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.