縁付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縁	付
えん Grade: S	つ > づ Grade: 4
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
緣付く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

縁(えん) (en, “connection, relation”) + 付(つ)く (tsuku, “to attach”). The tsuku changes to zuku as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんづく [èńzúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nd͡zɨkɯ̟]

Verb

縁(えん)付(づ)く • (enzuku) godan (stem 縁(えん)付(づ)き (enzuki), past 縁(えん)付(づ)いた (enzuita))

(of a woman) to marry
Synonym: 嫁(とつ)ぐ (totsugu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "縁付く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	縁付か	えんづか	enzuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	縁付き	えんづき	enzuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	縁付く	えんづく	enzuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	縁付く	えんづく	enzuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	縁付け	えんづけ	enzuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	縁付け	えんづけ	enzuke
Key constructions
Passive	縁付かれる	えんづかれる	enzukareru
Causative	縁付かせる縁付かす	えんづかせるえんづかす	enzukaseru enzukasu
Potential	縁付ける	えんづける	enzukeru
Volitional	縁付こう	えんづこう	enzukō
Negative	縁付かない	えんづかない	enzukanai
Negative continuative	縁付かず	えんづかず	enzukazu
Formal	縁付きます	えんづきます	enzukimasu
Perfective	縁付いた	えんづいた	enzuita
Conjunctive	縁付いて	えんづいて	enzuite
Hypothetical conditional	縁付けば	えんづけば	enzukeba

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN