I Love Kanji追い付く (oitsuku)
追い付く (おいつく, oitsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to catch up (with); to draw level”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おいつく
- Romaji
- oitsuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach · godan verb, intransitive
- to be compensated; to make up for one's losses · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 追い付く
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 | 追い付く | おいつく oitsuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 追い付きます | おいつきます oitsukimasu |
| Negative | 追い付かない | おいつかない oitsukanai |
| Polite negative | 追い付きません | おいつきません oitsukimasen |
| Past | 追い付いた | おいついた oitsuita |
| Polite past | 追い付きました | おいつきました oitsukimashita |
| Negative past | 追い付かなかった | おいつかなかった oitsukanakatta |
| Te-form | 追い付いて | おいついて oitsuite |
| Potential | 追い付ける | おいつける oitsukeru |
| Passive | 追い付かれる | おいつかれる oitsukareru |
| Causative | 追い付かせる | おいつかせる oitsukaseru |
| Volitional | 追い付こう | おいつこう oitsukou |
| Imperative | 追い付け | おいつけ oitsuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 追い付けば | おいつけば oitsukeba |
Kanji in 追い付く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 追い付く.
追うおうto chase追加ついかaddition追い越すおいこすto pass (e.g. car)追いかけるおいかけるto chase追及ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt)追跡ついせきchase追放ついほうexile追い込むおいこむto herd追い出すおいだすto expel受付うけつけreception (desk)片付けるかたづけるto put in order寄付きふcontribution付くつくto be attached日付ひづけdate
Source: JMdict entry 1588810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.