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取り付く

取りつく、 取付く

Reading

Kana: とりつく
Romaji: toritsuku
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Definitions

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1

to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to

2

to grapple

3

to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake

4

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

Note: of a demon, thought, emotion, etc.
See also: 取り憑く (reading とりつく)
5

to obtain a clue; to get a lead

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: フ、 つ.ける、 -つ.ける、 -づ.ける、 つ.け、 つ.け-、 -つ.け、 -づ.け、 -づけ、 つ.く、 -づ.く、 つ.き、 -つ.き、 -つき、 -づ.き、 -づき
Meanings: adhere, attach, refer to, append

Example Sentences

(むら)(かぜ)()()かれる。
➥Winds haunt the village.
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(あに)野心(やしん)()()かれていた。
➥My brother is consumed with ambition.
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(かれ)はとっつきにくい老人(ろうじん)だった。
➥He was a disagreeable old man.
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(かれ)()っつきにくい(ひと)だ。
➥He is a hard man to approach.
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(かれ)貧乏(びんぼう)にとりつかれていた。
➥He was in the grip of poverty.
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奇妙(きみょう)(かんが)えに()()かれている。
➥He's possessed by a strange idea.
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