つける
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
1. to attach; to join; to connect; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to put against (Usually kana)
2. to furnish (a house with) (Usually kana)
3. to wear; to put on (Usually kana)
4. to keep a diary; to make an entry (Usually kana)
5. to appraise; to set (a price) (Usually kana)
6. to allot; to budget; to assign (Usually kana)
7. to bring alongside (Usually kana)
8. to place (under guard or doctor) (Usually kana)
9. to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk (Usually kana)
10. to load; to give (courage to) (Usually kana)
11. to keep (an eye on) (Usually kana)
12. to establish (relations or understanding) (Usually kana)
13. to turn on (a light) (Usually kana)
14. to produce flowers (of a plant); to produce fruit (Usually kana)
15. to attach; to play an attachment (Usually kana, usu. ツケる)
Suffix
Ichidan verb
16. to do intensely; to do fiercely; to do strongly (Usually kana, after -masu stem of verb)
17. to be used to (doing); to be accustomed to (Usually kana, after -masu stem of verb)
Other spellings
付ける着ける
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
つける
Examples237
警官 は その 男 を つけた。
The policeman followed him.
おまえ の 上着 は 私の 勘定 に つけて おきなさい。
Put your coat on my account.
トム が テレビ を つけた とたんに ヒューズ が とんだ。
No sooner had Tom turned on the TV than the fuse blew.
鎧 を つけている 人 は、 転ぶ と 大きな 音 が する。
He who wears armor falls with a big crash!
彼女 は 昔、 日記を付けていた が 今 は つけていない。
She used to keep a diary, but she no longer does.
自宅 を 改築 する 際 に、 この 部屋 に だけ 防音設備 と 内鍵 を 付けたんだ。
When my home had an extension built I only had this room fitted with soundproofing and an internal lock.