N5175/640

つく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

  • to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct
  • to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol)
  • to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train
  • to till
  • to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write
  • to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose
  • to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found
  • to have (a child)
  • to make up (one's face, etc.)
  • to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
  • to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion
  • to form (a line, etc.)
  • to set (a record)
  • to commit (a sin, etc.)

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Example sentences

はははケーキをつく

My mother makes a cake.

今日きょう夕飯ゆうはんつくらない

I'm not making dinner today.

おとうと一緒いっしょ紙飛行機かみひこうきつくった

I made a paper airplane together with my younger brother.

彼女かのじょ野菜やさいつくってっている。

She grows vegetables and sells them.

ちちにわちいさないけつくった

My father built a small pond in the garden.


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corner, edge; (street) corner, turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness

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ひと

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弾くひく

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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入るはいる

to enter, to come in, to go in, to get in, to arrive; to join (a club, company, etc.), to enter (a university, the army, etc.), to enroll (in), to go into (e.g. politics), to get into; to be contained (in), to be included (in), to be inside (e.g. a box), to come under (a heading), to belong (in a category); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.), to be (able to be) held, to be (able to be) accommodated; to be introduced, to be brought in, to be installed; to be received, to be obtained; to be scored (of points), to be won (of votes); to turn on, to start functioning, to start working; to enter (a month, season, etc.), to reach (e.g. a climax), to get to (e.g. the main topic), to enter into (e.g. negotiations), to start (doing), to begin; to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.), to develop; to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.), to be applied (e.g. of strength); to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.), to be made; to enter the body (of alcohol), to become drunk

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そば

(place) near by, (place) close by, (place) right next to, the side (of something), beside, vicinity, proximity, neighbourhood (neighborhood); as soon as, right after

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みせ

store, shop, establishment, restaurant

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