Word Meaning 跡をつける

あとをつける atootsukeru

跡をつける is read as あとをつける (atootsukeru) and means to leave tracks.

Meaning

English

  1. to leave tracks
  2. to leave footprints
  3. to tag along
  4. to follow
  5. to tail
  6. to shadow

Reading

Kana

あとをつける

Romaji

atootsukeru

Writing Variants

  • 後をつける あとをつける atootsukeru
  • 後を付ける あとをつける ato o tsukeru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141638 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

あと

scar

跡目

あとめ

headship of a family

跡形

あとかた

trace

跡取り

あととり

heir

跡見女子大学

あとみじょしだいがく

Atomi Women's University

跡見学園女子大学

あとみがくえんじょしだいがく

Atomi Gakuen Women's College

跡目相続

あとめそうぞく

successorship

跡目争い

あとめあらそい

inheritance dispute

跡地

あとち

former site (of something)

跡取り息子

あととりむすこ

son and heir

跡継ぎ

あとつぎ

successor

足跡

あしあと

footprints

Example Sentences

1

I think that translating a sentence without any already existing translations creates a feeling comparable to stepping foot onto a snow-strewn surface on which nobody has yet trodden.