掛ける
to hang, to make (a phone call), to put on (glasses)
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 電話をかけます。I make a phone call.
- 眼鏡をかける。I put on glasses.
Collocations
Mnemonic
かける — 掛ける, Yamato. An ichidan verb. Transitive. One of the broadest verbs in Japanese ── one word holds what other languages split into many ── to hang: 絵を壁にかける (hang a picture on the wall). to spend (time, money): 時間をかける (put time in), お金をかける (put money in). to make a call: 電話をかける (make a phone call). to wear (glasses): 眼鏡をかける (put on glasses). to sit: 椅子に腰をかける (sit on a chair). A core moral of Japanese society is lodged in this verb ── 迷惑をかける meiwaku wo kakeru (to cause trouble). '他人に迷惑をかけない' (do not trouble others) is a top-priority ethic, drilled in from childhood. What English splits into hang / spend / make / wear, Japanese gathers under 掛ける. The onyomi かい is rare; it lives almost entirely in the kun-reading.
Quick check
Cultural value "do not __ to others"?