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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 掛かる

    掛かる

    掛かか​る​

    to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)

    N3KMT10News #47+1CoreCore ConceptsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    掛る懸かる懸る

    かかる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
    word usually written using kana alone

    Verb

    2.
    to hang
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    to come into view, to arrive
    word usually written using kana alone
    4.
    to come under (a contract, a tax)
    word usually written using kana alone
    5.
    to start (engines, motors)
    word usually written using kana alone
    6.
    to attend, to deal with, to handle
    word usually written using kana alone

    Verb, Auxiliary

    7.
    to have started to, to be on the verge of
    word usually written using kana alone

    Verb

    8.
    to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover
    word usually written using kana alone

    Verb, Auxiliary

    9.
    to (come) at
    word usually written using kana alone

    Verb

    10.
    to be fastened
    word usually written using kana alone
    11.
    to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
    word usually written using kana alone
    12.
    to be caught in
    word usually written using kana alone
    13.
    to get a call
    word usually written using kana alone
    14.
    to depend on
    word usually written using kana alone
    15.
    to begin (a task), to set about (doing), to get down to
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    この仕し事ごとには時じ間かんがかかる。

    This job takes time.

    KMT3Core ConceptsDaily Life
    エンジンがかからない。

    The engine won't start.

    KMT5Core ConceptsTechnology
    彼かれの言こと葉ばには、どこか心こころに引ひっかかるものがあった。

    There was something in his words that bothered me.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    このプロジェクトには多た額がくの費ひ用ようがかかる見み込こみだ。

    This project is expected to incur significant costs.

    KMT10Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    警けい察さつの捜そう査さが彼かれにかかっている。

    The police investigation is focused on him.

    KMT10Daily LifePolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    掛
    か.ける・-か.ける・か.け・-か.け・-が.け・か.かる…(9)
    hang・suspend・depend・arrive at・tax…(1)
    Kanji
    か
    ka
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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