N21302/1725

くっ付つく

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

Meanings

to adhere to, to stick to, to cling to
to keep close to, to go along with
to get involved with, to be thick with, to become intimate

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Example sentences

子こどもが母親ははおやにくっついて離はなれない。

The child clings to their mother and won't let go.

このシールは壁かべにくっつかない。

This sticker won't stick to the wall.

濡ぬれた服ふくが体からだにくっついて気持きもち悪わるい。

The wet clothes are clinging to my body and it feels unpleasant.

二枚にまいの紙かみがのりでくっついてしまった。

The two sheets of paper got stuck together with glue.

彼かれはいつも権力けんりょくのある人物じんぶつにくっついて、利益りえきを得えようとする傾向けいこうがある。

He tends to always get involved with powerful people, trying to gain benefits.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)