付け

Meaning

1. n
   bill; bill of sale; payment invoice
2. n
   tab (for later payment); credit
3. n
   attachment; contact play
4. n
   sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
5. n archaic
   letter
6. n archaic
   reason; motive; pretext
7. n archaic
   one's fortune; one's luck
8. n-sufprefsuf
   dated; date; fixed; external

Example sentences

• 怒りっぽくなり、妻の料理にいつもけちを付け胃の痛みを訴えた。

  He became bad-tempered, continually criticized his wife's cooking and complained of a pain in his stomach.

• そして、こうしたものからほんのわずかしか隔たっていない知覚が、直接的な信号がまったくないのにおこる、「超感覚的な」というレッテルを付けざるを得ない知覚なのである。

  And it is only a very short step from there, to perception which occurs in the absence of all immediate signals and has to be labeled extrasensory.

• あなたの要約は文句の付けようが無い。

  Your summary leaves nothing to be desired.