就く
N3つく tsuku
- to settle in (place)
- to take (seat, position)
- to study (under teacher)
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
就任;就职
Examples
- 友人の好意で職に就くことができた。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。
- 私たちは家路についた。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"
}
}