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就く つく N3

  1. to assume; to be employed; to be hired; to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.)
  2. to accede; to ascend (the throne)
  3. to commence; to depart; to start (on a journey)
  4. to be an apprentice; to study (under teacher)

寝に就く しんにつく

  1. to go to bed

床に就く とこにつく

  1. to be laid up; to be sick in bed; to go to bed

華を去り実に就く かをさりじつにつく

  1. to discard the flower for the fruit; to seek results, not show

官に就く かんにつく

  1. to enter the government service

職に就く しょくにつく

  1. to take up employment

先生に就く せんせいにつく

  1. to study under a teacher

役に就く やくにつく

  1. to assume office; to be appointed to a post

途に就く とにつく

  1. to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)

水の低きに就くが如し みずのひくきにつくがごとし

  1. nature takes its course; water seeks its own level; you can't stop the tide
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