につけ— At Every Turn

• この写真を見るにつけ、故郷を思い出す。

  Kono shashin wo miru ni tsuke, kokyou wo omoidasu.

  Every time I see this photo, I think of my hometown.

  見るにつけ — seeing the photo automatically triggers the memory

• その話を聞くにつけ、涙が出てくる。

  Sono hanashi wo kiku ni tsuke, namida ga dete kuru.

  Whenever I hear that story, tears well up.

  聞くにつけ — hearing the story spontaneously brings tears

• 何かにつけて彼は文句を言う。

  Nani ka ni tsukete kare wa monku wo iu.

  He complains at every opportunity.

  何かにつけて is a set phrase meaning 'on every occasion'

• ・Register: somewhat literary; common with emotional/perceptual verbs.
• ・The result clause is usually a spontaneous feeling or thought, not a deliberate action.
• ・Set phrases: 何かにつけて (at every turn), 何事につけ (in all matters), 良きにつけ悪しきにつけ (for better or worse).

Commonly confused with

The JLPT rarely asks whether you recognise a pattern — it asks which of several similar patterns fits. These are the ones につけ is tested against.

• に際して — On the Occasion Of
• に先立って — Ahead of the Event
• ～にわたって — Spanning the Whole Range
• ～たび(に) — Every Single Time
• ～あげく(に) — After All That, In the End
• ～折(に) — On the Occasion Of
• ～かと思うと／かと思ったら — No Sooner Than, Just When
• ～末(に)／の末(に) — After All Was Said and Done