がっつく

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がっつく [gàttsúkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠t̚t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

がっつく • (gattsuku) ^{←がつつく (gatutuku)?}godan (stem がっつき (gattsuki), past がっついた (gattsuita))

1. (informal) to gorge oneself
2. (informal) to be greedy and wanting

Conjugation

Conjugation of "がっつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	がっつか	gattsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	がっつき	gattsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	がっつく	gattsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	がっつく	gattsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	がっつけ	gattsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	がっつけ	gattsuke
Key constructions
Passive	がっつかれる	gattsukareru
Causative	がっつかせる がっつかす	gattsukaseru gattsukasu
Potential	がっつける	gattsukeru
Volitional	がっつこう	gattsukō
Negative	がっつかない	gattsukanai
Negative continuative	がっつかず	gattsukazu
Formal	がっつきます	gattsukimasu
Perfective	がっついた	gattsuita
Conjunctive	がっついて	gattsuite
Hypothetical conditional	がっつけば	gattsukeba