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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

就つく

N3
つく tsuku
  1. to settle in (place)
  2. to take (seat, position)
  3. to study (under teacher)
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

就任;就职

Examples

  • 友ゆう人じんの好こう意いで職しょくに就つくことができた。
    I was able to get a job through the good offices of my friend.
    多亏朋友帮忙,我找到了工作。
  • 私わたしたちは家いえ路じについた。
    We set out for home.
    我们踏上了回家的路。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d5a89e32c4'); // 就く
{
  "id": "d5a89e32c4",
  "word": "就く",
  "reading": "つく",
  "romaji": "tsuku",
  "meanings": [
    "to settle in (place)",
    "to take (seat, position)",
    "to study (under teacher)"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1331530,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "友人の好意で職に就くことができた。",
      "furigana": "{友人|ゆうじん}の{好意|こうい}で{職|しょく}に{就|つ}くことができた。",
      "en": "I was able to get a job through the good offices of my friend.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79364
    },
    {
      "ja": "私たちは家路についた。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{家路|いえじ}についた。",
      "en": "We set out for home.",
      "tatoeba_id": 166021
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "6bd006a560c0249cdc6bdeb78286b9b972599d2a22f08c6383c6607c8c3cf545",
    "meanings": [
      "就任",
      "就职"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "友人の好意で職に就くことができた。",
        "zh": "多亏朋友帮忙,我找到了工作。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私たちは家路についた。",
        "zh": "我们踏上了回家的路。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/d5a89e32c4",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1331530; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "313e279d2982c64729576b4b68c28b3a6255595f1243112bff9d310348c67c8e",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}