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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kakeru - to put on

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 47
/kakeru

kakeru

Word

かけるkakeru

Meaning

to put on

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

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Hardcore Japanese

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Usages of kakeru

新あたらしい　寝室しんしつ　に　タンス　を　置おいて、　白しろい　シーツ　を　ベッド　に　かけました。atarashii shinshitsu ni tansu o oite, shiroi shiitsu o beddo ni kakemashita.

I put a dresser in the new bedroom and put white sheets on the bed.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

母はは　は　酢す　と　ごま　を　使つかった　たれ　を　豆腐とうふ　に　かけるの　が　好すき　です。haha wa su to goma o tsukatta tare o toufu ni kakeruno ga suki desu.

My mother likes putting a dressing made with vinegar and sesame on tofu.

眼鏡めがね　を　かければ、　黒板こくばん　の　字じ　が　読よめます。megane o kakereba, kokuban no ji ga yomemasu.

If I put on my glasses, I can read the letters on the blackboard.

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