Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed
2. to ascend (the throne); to accede
3. to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart
4. to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice
Kanji used
set about
Pitch accent
Top 7500
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
to take up employment
to head home; to leave for home
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to head home; to leave for home
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
to be started; to get underway
to be started; to get underway
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
to study under (a teacher)
to enter the government service
Examples (2 in total)
It seems to be becoming hard to get a good job.
It will take him at least two years to be qualified for that post.