掛かる

かかる

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)

N5 #1,305

Meanings

also 掛る

  1. godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
  2. usually in kana to hang
  3. usually in kana to come into view; to arrive
  4. usually in kana to come under (a contract, a tax)
  5. usually in kana to start (engines, motors)
  6. usually in kana to attend; to deal with; to handle
  7. godan verb, auxiliary verb, usually in kana to have started to; to be on the verge of
  8. godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover
  9. godan verb, auxiliary verb, usually in kana to (come) at
  10. godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to be fastened
  11. usually in kana to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
  12. usually in kana to be caught in
  13. usually in kana to get a call
  14. usually in kana to depend on
  15. usually in kana, usu. ~にかかる to begin (a task); to set about (doing); to get down to

Its kanji

In sentences

絵えが曲まがって掛かかっている。 The picture is hung crooked. #184949

壁かべに時計とけいが掛かかっている。 There is a clock on the wall. #83461

窓まどにカーテンが掛かかっていた。 There were curtains hanging over the window. #140399

壁かべにより掛かかるな。 Don't lean against the wall. #83467

壁かべには絵えが掛かかっている。 There is a picture on the wall. #83464

もう何時間なんじかんも掛かかったよ。 It already has taken me hours. #194254

壁かべにピカソの絵えが掛かかっている。 There is a Picasso on the wall. #83472

暖炉だんろの上うえに時計とけいが掛かかっている。 The clock is above the fireplace. #127285