つく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
3. to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
4. to till
5. to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
6. to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
7. to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
8. to have (a child)
9. to make up (one's face, etc.)
10. to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
11. to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
12. to form (a line, etc.)
13. to set (a record)
14. to commit (a sin, etc.)
Pitch accent
Top 2200
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn
to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn
Examples (200 in total)
What are you making?
Was it difficult to make?
How did you make it?