Definition of つきんし
- (n) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
- yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
- printing block
- (n) official; civil service
- (n) calling card
- (v5k) to ascend (the throne); to accede
- to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume
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to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart
私たちは家路についた。
We set out for home. - to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice
- (v5k) to arrive at; to reach
- to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
- (v5k, vi) to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
- to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
- to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
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to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
彼は妻が死んで以来酒を飲む癖がついた。
He has taken to drinking since the death of his wife. - to take root
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to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with
風呂はついてますか。
Does it have a bathroom? -
to side with; to belong to
彼はその討論で反対派に付いた。
He sided with the opposition group in the argument. - to possess; to haunt
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to be lit; to be lighted
テレビが付きません。
The TV won't turn on. - to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided
- to be given (of a name, price, etc.)
- to be sensed; to be perceived
- to be lucky
- (suf, v5k) (after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words) to become (a state, condition, etc.)
- (v5k) to possess; to haunt
- (n) poem; verse of poetry
- (num) four (used in legal documents)
- (ctr) counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
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(suf) history (e.g. of some country)
彼は、フランス史の学者だ。
He is a scholar of French history.
- (n) thread
- one ten-thousandth; 0.001 percent (one-ten-thousandth of a wari)
- (int) used to express approval, especially in slurred or unclear speech (abbr. of interjection "un")
- negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu")
- abbr. of particle "no"
- abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
- (n) that
- you
- oneself; themself
- (n) office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
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(suf) honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
姉は私のズボンにアイロンをかけてくれる。
My sister presses my trousers.
- (n) zhi (large bowl-shaped ancient Chinese cup with two handles)
- (pref) to ...
- (n) words; writing; lyrics
- ci (form of Chinese poetry)
- independent word
- (n) 10**24; septillion (American); quadrillion (British)
- (n) private affairs; personal matter