I Love Kanji引っ掛かる (hikkakaru)
引っ掛かる (ひっかかる, hikkakaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be caught in; to be stuck in”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひっかかる
- Romaji
- hikkakaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be caught in; to be stuck in · godan verb, intransitive
- to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time · godan verb, intransitive
- to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with · godan verb, intransitive
- to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated · godan verb, intransitive
- to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引っ掛かる
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 | 引っ掛かる | ひっかかる hikkakaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 引っ掛かります | ひっかかります hikkakarimasu |
| Negative | 引っ掛からない | ひっかからない hikkakaranai |
| Polite negative | 引っ掛かりません | ひっかかりません hikkakarimasen |
| Past | 引っ掛かった | ひっかかった hikkakatta |
| Polite past | 引っ掛かりました | ひっかかりました hikkakarimashita |
| Negative past | 引っ掛からなかった | ひっかからなかった hikkakaranakatta |
| Te-form | 引っ掛かって | ひっかかって hikkakatte |
| Potential | 引っ掛かれる | ひっかかれる hikkakareru |
| Passive | 引っ掛かられる | ひっかかられる hikkakarareru |
| Causative | 引っ掛からせる | ひっかからせる hikkakaraseru |
| Volitional | 引っ掛かろう | ひっかかろう hikkakarou |
| Imperative | 引っ掛かれ | ひっかかれ hikkakare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引っ掛かれば | ひっかかれば hikkakareba |
Kanji in 引っ掛かる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引っ掛かる.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1169350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.