出かける
でかける
hepburn dekakeru
to go out, to leave
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 朝早く出かけました。I went out early in the morning.
- 今、出かけるところです。I'm just heading out now.
Collocations
出かける (dekakeru, to go out)外出 (gaishutsu, going out formal)帰る (kaeru, to return)出る (deru, to exit)行ってきます (itte kimasu, goodbye-and-return)
Mnemonic
Dekakeru (出かける) is an ichidan verb — "to go out (briefly, with a destination)." 出 (deru, exit) + kakeru (auxiliary "set out toward") = "step out and head somewhere." It is the default vocabulary of leaving home or work in everyday Japanese, paired with the greeting itte kimasu ("I'm going and will return"). Distinctions: deru (simple emerge / appear), gaishutsu suru (Sino-Japanese formal "go out"), shuppatsu suru (depart / start a trip). The phrase "chotto dekakete kuru" (I'll be out for a bit) is family-friendly. With ~tokoro desu it forms "just about to ~" tense — a basic Japanese tense auxiliary.
Quick check
Natural way to tell family "I'll be out for a bit"?