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Grade 8

Meanings

stick
paste
apply

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
テン
チョウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
は.る
つ.く

Common Words

貼る
Godan verb
Freq #1671
1

Transitive verb; Esp. 貼る

to stick; to paste; to affix

Examples
あなたの願書に最近の写真を貼りなさい。
Attach a recent photograph to your application form.
2

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (e.g. a tent)

Examples
クモがクモの巣を張るところを見たことがありますか。
Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?
3

Intransitive verb

to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

4

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

to fill; to swell

5

Transitive verb

to stick out; to push out

6

Transitive verb

to post (a link, etc. online)

7

Intransitive verb

to be expensive

8

Transitive verb

to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout

9

Transitive verb

to slap

10

張る only; Intransitive verb; Mahjong

to become one tile away from completion

11

Transitive verb; Mathematics

to span; to generate

貼り付く
りつ
Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #5956
1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to be pasted (to)

2

to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

貼付ける
貼りつける
張り付ける
張りつける
張付ける
りつけ
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #10264
1

to paste; to stick; to affix

Examples
彼は「壊れ物注意」のステッカーを荷物に貼り付けた
He attached a "Fragile" label to the package.
2

to station; to post

貼り出す
りだ
Godan verb
Freq #16763
1

張り出す only; Intransitive verb

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to jut out; to overlie

Examples
その木は広く枝を四方に張り出している
The tree thrusts its branches far and wide.
彼は価格変更のビラをはり出した
He put up a notice about the change in price.
2

Transitive verb

to put up (a notice); to post

貼り紙
はり紙
張紙
りがみ
貼紙
Noun
Freq #23978
1

paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; label

Examples
張り紙お断り。
Post No Bills.
2

notice; poster

レッテルをはる
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #37872
1

Idiomatic expression

to label (someone as)

Examples
自分に「できそこない」のレッテルを貼って生きていくのは辛いことだ。
It's hard to live with the knowledge that you are a failure.
ちょう
Suffix
Freq #47272
1

Counter

counter for doses of medicine, etc.

タイル貼り
タイルばり
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #51576
1

tiled; covered with tiles

貼り替える
りかえ
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #52830
1

to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)

目貼り
ばり
Noun
Freq #71065
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)

2

目張り only

putting on eyeliner (in theatre)

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