机
つくえ
hepburn tsukue
desk
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 机の上に本を置いた。I put a book on the desk.
- 机を片付ける。I tidy the desk.
Collocations
机 (tsukue, desk)机の上 (tsukue no ue, on the desk)勉強机 (benkyou tsukue, study desk)事務机 (jimu tsukue, office desk)机を片付ける (tsukue wo katazukeru, tidy the desk)
Mnemonic
Tsukue (机) is "desk" — B + no-cluster simple vocab. Kanji 机. Plain vocabulary. Usage: (1) tsukue no ue / shita; (2) tsukue wo katazukeru; (3) benkyou tsukue, jimu tsukue, gakushuu-zukue (the learning desk parents buy for childrens elementary entrance, used for six years); (4) tsukue no hikidashi. Compare: teburu (loanword, dining) and desuku (loanword, work) form a three-layer register. Korean chaeksang and Chinese zhuō are similar. JLPT N5 plus furniture-vocabulary basics.
Quick check
Three-layer register?