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つく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
つく
BOOST
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted  (often written with kana only)
2. to catch fire  (see also: 火がつく, 付く:つく; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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つく is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 223,000,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 566 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
たなかさんいえ
でんき
電気
ついていませんたなかさんるすようです
The lights at Mr. Tanaka's house are not on. It seems like he’s out.
わたし
かれ
うそ
つく
こんど
今度
かれ
わたし
うそ
ついた
I lied to him and he lied to me in turn.
あか
いた

The light went on.
点く
BOOST
Reading : つく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 62,000 (about 6,040,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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テン    spot, point   
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fire
セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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divining rod
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