Illustration: At an apartment breakfast table, a child has finished eating but still has a conspicuous cooked rice grain stuck to one cheek. They proudly hold up an empty bowl, unaware of the remaining grain.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

くっつく

kuttsuku

to stick to, to cling to

Example sentences

  1. ぬれた衣装いしょうが彼女かのじょの体からだにくっついていた。

    Wet clothes clung to her body.

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  2. 泥どろが私わたしの靴くつにくっつく。

    Mud clings to my shoes.

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  3. この布ぬのは肌はだにくっつく。

    This cloth adheres to the skin.

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