How to say "reach" in Japanese

• 届くとどくJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers reach when something sent, extended, or transmitted gets through to its target: mail reaching its destination, a voice carrying to the back of a room, a hand just managing to touch something.
  ここからでも声こえは届とどくよ。↗

  You can make yourself heard even from here.
• 及ぶおよぶJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbUsed when something extends to a point, level, or quantity — a total amounting to a figure, damage reaching a wide area — and also when trouble or misfortune befalls someone.
  その地震じしんで広範囲こうはんいに及およぶ被害ひがいがでた。↗

  The earthquake caused widespread damage.
• 達するたっするJLPT N3approx.Common
  suru verb (irregular), transitive verbFor reaching a goal, target, or required level: getting to a set figure, standard, or endpoint.
  水みずは彼かれの腰こしの所ところまで達たっした。↗

  The water came up to his waist.
• 着くつくJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbFor reach in the sense of physically arriving at a place after a journey: a train reaching its destination, a traveler getting to the station.
  あなたがロンドンに着つく頃ころには晩秋ばんしゅうとなっているだろう。↗

  It will be late autumn when you get to London.
• 至るいたるJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbFor a process or course of events arriving at a decision or conclusion, or reaching a particular stage — long deliberation finally arriving at a decision, for example.
  その語ごは広ひろい意味いみを持もつに至いたった。↗

  The word has acquired a broad meaning.

Use 「着く」 for physically arriving somewhere, 「届く」 for things sent or extended getting through, 「及ぶ」 for extent or amount, 「達する」 for goals or levels, and 「至る」 for arriving at a decision or stage.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 届くとどくto reach
• 及ぶおよぶto reach
• 達するたっするto reach
• 着くつくto arrive at
• 至るいたるto arrive at (e.g. a decision)
• たどり着くたどりつくto (finally) arrive at
• リーチreach (in boxing, tennis, etc.)
• なるto become
• 立ち至るたちいたるto come to (a serious state)
• 追いつくおいつくto catch up (with)
• 行き着くいきつくto arrive (at one's destination)
• 達すたっすto reach
• 着するちゃくするto arrive
• 片帆かたほclose-haul
• 手を伸ばすてをのばすto put out one's hand
• 手元に届くてもとにとどくto arrive (of a thing; to someone)
• 追っつくおっつくto catch up (with)
• 乗るのるto reach
• 入るいるto attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.)
• 懐ふところspace between one's chest and outstretched arms
• 間合いまあいdistance
• こぎつけるto reach (a goal after considerable effort)
• いくto reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.)
• 入るはいるto enter (a month, season, etc.)
• 通りとおりtransmission (of sound)
• 回るまわるto spread
• 迎えるむかえるto reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)
• 出るでるto come to