つく

Frequency rank: 437.
    Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
  1. to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)word usually written using kana alone
Forms
  • つくFrequency rank: 437.
  • く【つく】
  • く【つく】
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
    2. This word is used to describe the action of removing the husk or outer covering from grains, especially rice or barley, by pounding or polishing them.
    Hull the rice.
    Pound the radish.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to hull rice (to remove the husk)to pound rice (referring to the process)つくよねつく米polished rice (rice that has been polished)rice husking work (the process involved in removing the husk from rice)
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