JLPT N3 · Verb

賭ける (kakeru)

賭ける (かける, kakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wager; to bet”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かける
Romaji
kakeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私はその馬に5ポンド賭けた。
I bet five pounds on the horse.

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

Conjugation of 賭ける

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary賭けるかける kakeru
Polite (~masu)賭けますかけます kakemasu
Negative賭けないかけない kakenai
Polite negative賭けませんかけません kakemasen
Past賭けたかけた kaketa
Polite past賭けましたかけました kakemashita
Negative past賭けなかったかけなかった kakenakatta
Te-form賭けてかけて kakete
Potential賭けられるかけられる kakerareru
Passive賭けられるかけられる kakerareru
Causative賭けさせるかけさせる kakesaseru
Volitional賭けようかけよう kakeyou
Imperative賭けろかけろ kakero
Conditional (~ba)賭ければかければ kakereba

Kanji in 賭ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 賭ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1444840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.