JLPT N5 vocabulary
掛かる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かかる2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
- to hang
- to come into view, to arrive
- to come under (a contract, a tax)
- to start (engines, motors)
- to attend to, to deal with, to handle
- to have started to, to be on the verge of
- to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover
- to come at
- to be fastened
- to be covered (e.g. with dust, a tablecloth, etc.)
- to be caught in
- to get a call
- to depend on
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 掛かる | 掛か |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Polite presentます形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Polite pastました形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Te-formて形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 掛か | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 掛か | 掛かる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Passive受身形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Make / let使役形 | 掛か | 掛か |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 掛か | 掛か |
Example sentences
その料理はおいしい一方で、作るのは結構時間がかかります。
Although that food is delicious, it takes a pretty long time to make.
たとえ飢えかかっていても、彼は助けを頼みたがらなかった。
He didn't like to ask for help even if he was starving.
その川を泳いで渡るとしたら、 どれだけ時間がかかるだろうか。
How long would it take you to swim across the river?