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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kagi wo kakeru - to lock

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 62
/kagi o kakeru

kagi o kakeru

Word

鍵かぎ　を　かけるkagi o kakeru

Meaning

to lock

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kagi o kakeru

ぼんやりして　いて、　家いえ　に　鍵かぎ　を　かけるの　を　忘わすれました。bonyarishite ite, ie ni kagi o kakeruno o wasuremashita.

I was absentminded and forgot to lock the house.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

出でかける　前まえ　に、　窓まど　に　鍵かぎ　を　かけた　か　どうか　確認かくにんします。dekakeru mae ni, mado ni kagi o kaketa ka douka kakuninshimasu.

Before going out, I check whether I locked the window.

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