VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

着く

つく

hepburn tsuku

to arrive

Part of speech · godan-verb

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Examples

駅に着きました。
I arrived at the station.
荷物が着いたら教えてください。
Please let me know when the package arrives.

Collocations

着く (tsuku, arrive)到着 (touchaku, arrival)着陸 (chakuriku, landing)気がつく (ki ga tsuku, notice — idiom)着る (kiru, wear — same kanji, different verb)

Mnemonic

着く tsuku — intransitive "to arrive". Particle に marks the destination. The same kanji 着 powers two distinct verbs: 着く (tsuku, arrive) vs 着る (kiru, wear) — a textbook N5 confusion. Onyomi ちゃく (chaku): 到着 (touchaku, arrival), 着陸 (chakuriku, landing), 着席 (chakuseki, taking a seat) — all preserve the core sense "to reach / land / settle". Idiom 気がつく (ki ga tsuku, "spirit reaches") = to notice — abstract extension.

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Idiomatic meaning of 気がつく?