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    3. 掛け

    掛け

    掛かけ​

    credit

    N1KMT9News #22+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab14 strokes

    懸け掛懸

    かけ

    Noun

    1.
    credit
    abbreviation
    2.
    money owed on an account, bill

    Suffix

    3.
    hanger, holder, rest, rack, peg, hook, stand
    4.
    in the process of (doing), midway through, half-(done)
    word usually written using kana alone
    5.
    on the verge of, just about to
    word usually written using kana alone

    Noun

    6.
    hot noodles in broth
    abbreviationword usually written using kana alone

    Noun, Suffix

    7.
    wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    この店みせでは、つけで買かう「掛かけ」はできません。

    At this store, you cannot buy on "credit".

    KMT6Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    洗せん濯たく物ものを物もの干ほし「掛かけ」に干ほす。

    Hang the laundry on the clothes "hanger".

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    寒さむい冬ふゆの日ひに、温あたたかい「掛かけ」そばを食たべるのは最さい高こうだ。

    Eating warm "kake" soba on a cold winter day is the best.

    KMT7Daily LifeFood & Dining
    彼かれはいつも支は払らいを「掛かけ」にしているから、月げつ末まつは大たい変へんだ。

    He always puts his payments on "credit", so the end of the month is tough.

    KMT9Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    彼かれは今いま、論ろん文ぶんを書かき「掛かけ」で、食しょく事じも忘わすれるほど集しゅう中ちゅうしている。

    He is currently "midway through" writing his thesis, so focused he forgets to eat.

    KMT9EducationDaily Life

    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
    け
    ke
    Kana
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