JLPT N2 · Verb

係わる (kakawaru)

係わる (かかわる, kakawaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be involved (in); to get involved (in)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かかわる
Romaji: kakawaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to concern oneself (with); to take part (in); to interfere (in) · godan verb, intransitive
to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to concern; to have to do with · godan verb, intransitive
to (seriously) affect; to concern; to have a serious bearing (on) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

新聞によれば、彼はその陰謀に関わっていた。

According to the newspaper, he participated in the plot.

Tatoeba #145159

その顧客の苦情は微妙な問題に関わるものだった。

The customer's complaint was about a sensitive issue.

Tatoeba #210842

これは我が校の名誉にかかわる問題だ。

The problem affects the prestige of our school.

Tatoeba #218476

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 係わる

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	係わる	かかわる kakawaru
Polite (~masu)	係わります	かかわります kakawarimasu
Negative	係わらない	かかわらない kakawaranai
Polite negative	係わりません	かかわりません kakawarimasen
Past	係わった	かかわった kakawatta
Polite past	係わりました	かかわりました kakawarimashita
Negative past	係わらなかった	かかわらなかった kakawaranakatta
Te-form	係わって	かかわって kakawatte
Potential	係われる	かかわれる kakawareru
Passive	係わられる	かかわられる kakawarareru
Causative	係わらせる	かかわらせる kakawaraseru
Volitional	係わろう	かかわろう kakawarou
Imperative	係われ	かかわれ kakaware
Conditional (~ba)	係われば	かかわれば kakawareba

Kanji in 係わる

係

person in charge, connection, dutyケイ・かか.る・かかり · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 係わる.

関係かんけいrelation係かかりcharge

Source: JMdict entry 1589880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.