届く

Meaning

1. v5kvi
   to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound)
2. v5kvi
   to be delivered; to arrive
3. v5kvi
   to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough
4. v5kvi
   to be realized (of a desire); to be fulfilled; to get through (to someone); to be appreciated; to make an impression

Example sentences

• 返事を待つアリスに向けられたのは突然の咆哮。それは耳を貫かんばかりに鋭く、天に届かんばかりに大きく響くものでした。

  What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.

• 日本シンクロ界の悲願である金には、あと一歩で届かなかった。

  The 'gold' yearned for by the Japanese synchronized swimming world was not quite reached.

• 夕方までにその木の影は壁に届いた。

  By evening the shadow of the tree reached the wall.