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Grammar detail: につけ

につけ  both ~ and ~; every time ~
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verb plain form
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い adjective
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につけ
means
every time (verb)
Whenever X occurs it results in Y
In most cases Y describes an automatic emotional response that occurs any time that the speaker experiences X.
あの
ころ
こと
かんが
える
つけ
ふくざつ
複雑
きも
気持
になります
Whenever I think about that time, I have complicated feelings.
がくせい
学生
じだい
時代
どうが
動画
につけ
なつ
かしい
おも
よみがえります
Whenever I watch videos from my school years, it brings back nostalgic memories.
When the form is repeated with two separate adjectives / verbs, it means
both ~ and ~
うれ
しい
つけ
かな
しい
つけ
かれ
おんがく
音楽

He listens to music both when he's happy and when he's sad.
かのじょ
彼女
かお
つけ
こえ
つけ
もとかのじょ
元彼女
こと
おも
します

Every time I see her face or hear her voice, I'm reminded of my ex-girlfriend.
つけ is the stem form of
ける which means 'attach'. So this form figuratively implies that you are so 'attached' to something that you would do it come what may.
This form is sometimes seen as につけて, but that is much less common, and can be considered incorrect. This usage may stem from the similarity to につれて, which is a similar expression.

につけ and たびに Differences

たびに is an expression very similar in meaning to につけ and in some cases they are interchangeable. The key differences are:
  • につけ is used far less frequently in spoken language. It is more formal than 〜たびに.
  • Y in につけ is closely associated with emotional response; some kind of feeling is attached to X.
The two sentences below are examples in which につけ or たびに can be used naturally.
むすめ
こども
子供
ころ
しゃしん
写真
つけ
さび
しくなる

Whenever I look at photos of my daughter when she was a child, I miss that time.
むすめ
こども
子供
ころ
しゃしん
写真
たびに
さび
しくなる

Every time I look at photos of my daughter when she was a child, I miss that time.
  • 〜たびに can be used to express an emotional response that occurs as a result of experiencing X, or a thing that is done when X occurs that is unrelated to anything emotional.
Using たびに in this next sentence is fine.
むすめ
こども
子供
ころ
しゃしん
写真
たびに
さび
しくなる

Every time I look at photos of my daughter when she was a child, I miss that time.
Using につけ instead of たびに in the above sentence would sound a little unnatural.
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Kanji used in this grammar

フ   つける to put in place, affix   つ to adhere to   
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ころ time   
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コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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フク    double, multiple   
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ザツ   ゾウ    miscellaneous   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジ   も to hold, to have   
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ガク   まな to learn   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ガ   カク   draw
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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カイ   なつかしむ to look back nostalgically   なつかしい nostalgic   なつける to win over, to endear   なつ to get attached to   ふところ bosom; purse; pocket   
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シ   おも to think   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
キ   うれしい happy   
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ヒ   かなしい sad   かなしむ to be sad   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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チョウ   き to listen   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ガン   かお face   
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セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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むすめ daughter   
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シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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シャ   photo   うつ to duplicate, to depict   うつ to be photographed   
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シン   truth   ま exactly; deep   
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ジャク   セキ   さびしい lonely   さび elegant simplicity   さびれる to go downhill, to decline   
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