Japanese

をつける

てをつける
Meaning: to start work on; to set one's hand to; to embezzle
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 手をつける 手をつけない
Polite 手をつけます 手をつけません
Past 手をつけた 手をつけなかった
Polite + Past 手をつけました 手をつけませんでした
Te-form 手をつけて 手をつけなくて
Potential 手をつけられる 手をつけられない
Passive 手をつけられる 手をつけられない
Causative 手をつけさせる 手をつけさせない
Imperative 手をつけろ 手をつけるな

Handwriting

手
を
つ
け
る

Example

I finally started working on the pile of homework.

Usage Notes

Means to begin a task. It can also mean to improperly use money or property.

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