Meaning of たどり着く in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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たどり着く, 辿り着く, 辿りつくJLPT 1
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Kana Readingたどりつく
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Romajitadoritsuku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku` ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
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Example Sentences
たどり着く, 辿り着く, 辿りつく, たどりつく used in context
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洗濯の耐久性やあらゆることを考慮するとコチラに辿り着きました。
Bearing in mind the durability in washing and various factors this is what we arrived at:
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I arrived home, thoroughly worn out, after getting lost in the mountain paths.
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The ski area we finally arrived at ... snow turned to rain.
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しかし城にたどりつくなり、近衛兵を率いた人によって、わたしはこの牢獄に勾引されてしまった。
However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.
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The traveler reached his destination at last.
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Late in the evening we found our way to the foot of the mountain at last.
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
On: チャク, ジャク
Kun: き.る, -ぎ, き.せる, -き.せ, つ.く, つ.ける
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