attach · give

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 付く, read つく, describes sticking or coming with something; 付ける, read つける, describes attaching or marking.
• Basic usage: 絵具が付く describes paint getting on something, while 札を付ける means to attach a label.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An included facility
  • 台所が付いている means that a kitchen is included.
  • Here 付く describes an accompanying facility rather than something attached with glue.
• The compound for tidying
  • 片付ける, read かたづける, means to tidy up or put things away.
  • The つ in 付ける appears as づ here; tidying is not simply an act of attaching.