着く
つく
to arrive at, to reach
Godan verbJLPT N5
Example Sentences
電車に乗って、もうすぐ東京に着きます。
I'm on the train and will arrive in Tokyo soon.
昨日、家に夜遅く着きました。
I arrived home late last night.
明日、会社に遅く着かないようにします。
I'll make sure I don't arrive at the office late tomorrow.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Use the particle に after a place to show where someone arrives (e.g., 駅に着きます = I arrive at the station).
•Don’t use を with 着く—を is for direct objects, but 着く needs に to show the destination.
•着く is an action that happens at a specific moment, so use it in the past tense when talking about when you arrived (e.g., 昨日、7時に家に着きました = Yesterday, I arrived home at 7).
•JLPT N5 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
駅に着く
to arrive at the station
家に着く
to get home
目的地に着く
to arrive at the destination
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
着く
Masu Form
着きます
Te Form
着いて
Past Form
着いた
Negative Form
着かない
Past Negative
着かなかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
着きます
Polite Past
着きました
Polite Negative
着きません
Polite Past Negative
着きませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
着ける
Passive Form
着かれる
Causative Form
着かせる
Causative Passive
着かされる
Volitional Form
着こう
Imperative Form
着け
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
着けば
Conditional (たら)
着いたら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
着いている
Desire (たい)
着きたい
Prohibition
着くな