Explain づき in the given sentence


First of all, hi everyone.

In the beginning of an anime episode I often see a message to turn on the
lights in the room and not to sit too close to the screen. Leaving some stuff
out it looks like this:

テレビアニメを見る時は、近 **づき** すぎない **ようにして見て** くださいね。

Note the bolded parts. I have 2 questions.

I looked up づき in the dictionary, it's like "to be attached, to be included".
Does づき make it a verb? An adverb? Or what is it? Is it a state "being
attached to a TV"? Or is it an action "do not attach yourself to a TV"?

2nd question about ようにして見る. As I understand ようにする is "to try". So as て-form +
みる. Doesn't it make it kind of redundant to use both at the same time? Is it
common?

Thanks guys.




For the first situation, づき is not its own word. It's part of the verb
近{ちか}づく, which means "to get near," which has been conjugated to fit the ～すぎる
construction, so it becomes 近づきすぎる, or "get too close."

You have a slight misunderstanding on the second one. While ～てみる _does_ have
the meaning of try in many situations, this is a case where it doesn't and in
fact it is using the literal meaning of 見る. Your clue to this can be the fact
that the 見る is written with kanji whereas in the てみる "try" construction it is
usually written without kanji.

So to break it down a little more, 近づきすぎないようにして means something like "be
careful that you're not too close," and connected to 見る it's advising you not
to sit too closely to the TV _when watching_.




For the first situation, づき is not its own word. It's part of the verb
近{ちか}づく, which means "to get near," which has been conjugated to fit the ～すぎる
construction, so it becomes 近づきすぎる, or "get too close."

You have a slight misunderstanding on the second one. While ～てみる _does_ have
the meaning of try in many situations, this is a case where it doesn't and in
fact it is using the literal meaning of 見る. Your clue to this can be the fact
that the 見る is written with kanji whereas in the てみる "try" construction it is
usually written without kanji.

So to break it down a little more, 近づきすぎないようにして means something like "be
careful that you're not too close," and connected to 見る it's advising you not
to sit too closely to the TV _when watching_.

