片付く

• 読み: かたづく
• ローマ字: katadzuku
• 漢字の分解: 片 (kata) — one side, fragment; 付 (tsuku/fu) — attach, settle
• 発音: /ka.ta.dzɯ.kɯ/

意味

To be put in order; to be settled. Things becoming tidy or a problem being resolved.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb ending in く. Describes the state of things being tidied up or problems being resolved on their own or as a result. Used for both physical tidying (部屋が片付く, the room gets tidy) and abstract resolution (問題が片付く, the problem is settled). Paired with the transitive form 片付ける (to tidy up).

例文

1. 引っ越しの荷物がやっと片付いた。
2. この問題が片付いたら休もう。
3. 仕事が片付くまで帰れない。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, housework, work

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 片 (kata, one side) and 付く (tsuku, to attach/settle). Originally suggesting putting things to one side in an orderly manner — bringing disorder into a settled state.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal