付属

What it means

What does 付属 mean? It denotes something that is attached to or comes with another item, indicating subsidiary status or being affiliated with a parent entity.

Main meanings

• Attachment or accessory accompanying a main item, as in 付属品.
• Affiliated or associated with a parent institution, as in 学校の付属施設 or 附属病院.
• Subsidiary or subordinate status within an organization, describing parts that are part of a larger whole.

How to use it

In formal and written Japanese, 付属 is used as a noun meaning an attachment or affiliation; it also forms the verb 付属する to mean to be attached to or to accompany. It appears in contexts like documents, institutional names, product packaging, and descriptions of organizational structure; it pairs with の to modify nouns (付属のX) and with 品 to form compound nouns such as 付属品.