‘Kakeru’ and ‘kakaru’: two very useful Japanese verbs worth hanging on to

[yuiyoshida]

BY AKEMI TANAHASHI AND HITOMI TASHIRO
SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES
LANGUAGE | WELL SAID


Kono e, doko-ni kakeyō-ka. (Where shall I hang this picture?)

Situation 1: Yuri is moving out of her parents’ house and into an apartment to live alone. Her boyfriend, Mr. Sere, helps her arrange her things.

セレ：　 この絵、どこにかけようか。

ゆり：　 帽子がかかっているフックがあるでしょ。その隣のフックにかけてくれる？。

Sere: Kono e, doko-ni kakeyō-ka.

Yuri: Bōshi-ga kakatte-iru fukku-ga aru-desho. Sono tonari-no fukku-ni kakete-kureru?

Sere: Where shall I hang this picture?

Yuri: You see the hook where my hat is hanging? Please hang it on the hook next to that.

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/29/language/kakeru-kakaru-two-useful-japanese-verbs-worth-hanging/#.V8UNKdQrLMp

[LostOne4Ever]

1. Early in my studies I came across this word and the guide didn't bother to explain it

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#00009d]So it confused me for a long time. Like the article mentions it means "to hang/suspend/etc" but the way it was used never made any sense. The guide pretty much said:

[font size=6 face=kaiti]見掛ける -> mikakeru -> to happen to see[/font]

and later on

[font size=6 face=kaiti]出かける -> dekakeru -> to go out[/font]


To see and hang? To leave and hang? How did they get those definitions? Didn't make much sense. Eventually I ended up here and finally figured it out.[/font]


[div class="excerpt" style="margin-left:1em; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]Finally,

V + かける ( = kakeru)

The big difference between V + かける ( = kakeru) and 始める ( = hajimeru) & だす ( = dasu) is,


You use V + かける ( = kakeru) when you don’t finish what you have started and leave it undone.

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#00009d]Once I read that it finally clicked. I have seen kakeru used many times since then. It is definitely a very interesting word for those of us trying to learn Japanese.

[font size=6 face=kaiti]有り難う御座います[/font] for the very interesting article. Now I need to get back to memorizing new vocabulary and kanji!

I am determined to know all the jouyou kanji meanings and readings before the end of the year![/font]

[yuiyoshida]

2. sou sou

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