JLPT N1 · Verb

手掛ける (tegakeru)

手掛ける (てがける, tegakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to handle; to manage”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
てがける
Romaji
tegakeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to rear; to look after · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は4年前からこの仕事を手がけています。
I started doing this work 4 years ago.

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

Conjugation of 手掛ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary手掛けるてがける tegakeru
Polite (~masu)手掛けますてがけます tegakemasu
Negative手掛けないてがけない tegakenai
Polite negative手掛けませんてがけません tegakemasen
Past手掛けたてがけた tegaketa
Polite past手掛けましたてがけました tegakemashita
Negative past手掛けなかったてがけなかった tegakenakatta
Te-form手掛けててがけて tegakete
Potential手掛けられるてがけられる tegakerareru
Passive手掛けられるてがけられる tegakerareru
Causative手掛けさせるてがけさせる tegakesaseru
Volitional手掛けようてがけよう tegakeyou
Imperative手掛けろてがけろ tegakero
Conditional (~ba)手掛ければてがければ tegakereba

Kanji in 手掛ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 手掛ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1327390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.