I Love Kanji仕掛ける (shikakeru)
仕掛ける (しかける, shikakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to start; to begin”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しかける
- Romaji
- shikakeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to start; to begin; to commence · ichidan verb, transitive
- to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from · ichidan verb, transitive
- to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to make a meld call · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 仕掛ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 仕掛ける | しかける shikakeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 仕掛けます | しかけます shikakemasu |
| Negative | 仕掛けない | しかけない shikakenai |
| Polite negative | 仕掛けません | しかけません shikakemasen |
| Past | 仕掛けた | しかけた shikaketa |
| Polite past | 仕掛けました | しかけました shikakemashita |
| Negative past | 仕掛けなかった | しかけなかった shikakenakatta |
| Te-form | 仕掛けて | しかけて shikakete |
| Potential | 仕掛けられる | しかけられる shikakerareru |
| Passive | 仕掛けられる | しかけられる shikakerareru |
| Causative | 仕掛けさせる | しかけさせる shikakesaseru |
| Volitional | 仕掛けよう | しかけよう shikakeyou |
| Imperative | 仕掛けろ | しかけろ shikakero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 仕掛ければ | しかければ shikakereba |
Kanji in 仕掛ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 仕掛ける.
仕事しごとwork仕方しかたway仕様しようway仕方がないしかたがないthere's no (other) way仕上がるしあがるto be finished仕上しあげfinish仕掛しかけdevice仕組しくみstructure奉仕ほうしservice仕えるつかえるto serve仕上がりしあがりfinish仕上げるしあげるto finish up仕入れるしいれるto buy (stock, materials, etc.)仕立てるしたてるto tailor
Source: JMdict entry 1304820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.