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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kakeru - to sprinkle

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 36
/kakeru

kakeru

Word

かけるkakeru

Meaning

to sprinkle

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kakeru

私わたし　は　じゃがいも　を　ゆでた　あと、　塩しお　と　こしょう　を　少すこし　かけて　食たべるの　が　好すき　だ。watashi wa jagaimo o yudeta ato, shio to koshou o sukoshi kakete taberuno ga suki da.

After boiling potatoes, I like eating them with a little salt and pepper.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

母はは　は　スープ　に　こしょう　を　かけます。haha wa suupu ni koshou o kakemasu.

My mother sprinkles pepper on the soup.

ごま　を　かけた　もやし　は、　見みた目め　ほど　味あじ　が　強つよく　ない　ので、　子供こども　で　も　食たべやすい　です。goma o kaketa moyashi wa, mitame hodo aji ga tsuyoku nai node, kodomo de mo tabeyasui desu.

Bean sprouts with sesame on them do not taste as strong as they look, so even children can eat them easily.

青あおのり　を　かける。aonori o kakeru.

I sprinkle on the green laver.

鰹節かつおぶし　も　かける。katsuobushi mo kakeru.

I sprinkle on the bonito flakes too.

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