Japanese

辿

たどりつく
Meaning: to finally reach; to arrive at after a struggle
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 辿り着く 辿り着かない
Polite 辿り着きます 辿り着きません
Past 辿り着いた 辿り着かなかった
Polite + Past 辿り着きました 辿り着きませんでした
Te-form 辿り着いて 辿り着かなくて
Potential 辿り着ける 辿り着けない
Passive 辿り着かれる 辿り着かれない
Causative 辿り着かせる 辿り着かせない
Causative + Passive 辿り着かされる 辿り着かされない
Imperative 辿り着け 辿り着くな

Handwriting

辿
り
着
く

Example sentences

After a long journey, we finally reached our destination.
船はついに陸にたどり着いた
The ship finally reached land.
長い登山の末、ついに山の頂上に辿り着いた。
After a long climb, we finally reached the mountain summit.
彼は千思万考した末に、ようやく一つの答えに辿り着いた。
After thinking long and hard, he finally reached an answer.

Usage Notes

Implies that getting to the destination required effort or that the path was difficult.

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