I Love Kanjiかかる (kakaru)
かかる is a Japanese verb meaning “to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 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 N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to hang · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to come into view; to arrive · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to come under (a contract, a tax) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to start (engines, motors) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
所得税は控除額を上回るいかなる所得にもかかる。
An income tax is levied on any income that exceeds deductions.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of かかる
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 | かかる | かかる kakaru |
| Polite (~masu) | かかります | かかります kakarimasu |
| Negative | かからない | かからない kakaranai |
| Polite negative | かかりません | かかりません kakarimasen |
| Past | かかった | かかった kakatta |
| Polite past | かかりました | かかりました kakarimashita |
| Negative past | かからなかった | かからなかった kakaranakatta |
| Te-form | かかって | かかって kakatte |
| Potential | かかれる | かかれる kakareru |
| Passive | かかられる | かかられる kakarareru |
| Causative | かからせる | かからせる kakaraseru |
| Volitional | かかろう | かかろう kakarou |
| Imperative | かかれ | かかれ kakare |
| Conditional (~ba) | かかれば | かかれば kakareba |
Source: JMdict entry 1207590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.