託ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
託
かこつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かこつける [kàkótsúkérú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かこつける [kàkótsúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞t͡sɨ̥ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

託(かこつ)ける • (kakotsukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 託(かこつ)け (kakotsuke), past 託(かこつ)けた (kakotsuketa))

1. use as an excuse, use something as a pretext

   Synonym: 仮託する (kataku suru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "託ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	託け	かこつけ	kakotsuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	託け	かこつけ	kakotsuke
Shūshikei ("terminal")	託ける	かこつける	kakotsukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	託ける	かこつける	kakotsukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	託けれ	かこつけれ	kakotsukere
Meireikei ("imperative")	託けよ¹ 託けろ²	かこつけよ¹ かこつけろ²	kakotsukeyo¹ kakotsukero²
Key constructions
Passive	託けられる	かこつけられる	kakotsukerareru
Causative	託けさせる 託けさす	かこつけさせる かこつけさす	kakotsukesaseru kakotsukesasu
Potential	託けられる 託けれる³	かこつけられる かこつけれる³	kakotsukerareru kakotsukereru³
Volitional	託けよう	かこつけよう	kakotsukeyō
Negative	託けない 託けぬ 託けん	かこつけない かこつけぬ かこつけん	kakotsukenai kakotsukenu kakotsuken
Negative continuative	託けず	かこつけず	kakotsukezu
Formal	託けます	かこつけます	kakotsukemasu
Perfective	託けた	かこつけた	kakotsuketa
Conjunctive	託けて	かこつけて	kakotsukete
Hypothetical conditional	託ければ	かこつければ	kakotsukereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential