I Love Kanji罹る (kakaru)
罹る (かかる, kakaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to contract (a disease); to suffer from”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かかる
- Romaji
- kakaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to contract (a disease); to suffer from · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 罹る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 罹る | かかる kakaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 罹ります | かかります kakarimasu |
| Negative | 罹らない | かからない kakaranai |
| Polite negative | 罹りません | かかりません kakarimasen |
| Past | 罹った | かかった kakatta |
| Polite past | 罹りました | かかりました kakarimashita |
| Negative past | 罹らなかった | かからなかった kakaranakatta |
| Te-form | 罹って | かかって kakatte |
| Potential | 罹れる | かかれる kakareru |
| Passive | 罹られる | かかられる kakarareru |
| Causative | 罹らせる | かからせる kakaraseru |
| Volitional | 罹ろう | かかろう kakarou |
| Imperative | 罹れ | かかれ kakare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 罹れば | かかれば kakareba |
Kanji in 罹る
Source: JMdict entry 1609500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.