Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Derived from ()ける (kakeru, to hang; to manipulate; to spend, invest).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "賭ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
賭ける [kàkéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 賭けろ [kàkéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 賭けられる けられ [kàkéráréꜜrù]
Causative 賭けさせる けさせ [kàkésáséꜜrù]
Potential 賭けられる けられ [kàkéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 賭けよう けよ [kàkéyóꜜò]
Negative 賭けない ない [kàkéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 賭けなかった なかった [kàkéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 賭けます けま [kàkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 賭けた けた [káꜜkètà]
Conjunctive 賭けて けて [káꜜkètè]
Hypothetical conditional 賭ければ れば [kàkéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()ける (kakerutransitive ichidan (stem () (kake), past ()けた (kaketa))

  1. (gambling) to gamble, stake, wager
  2. to bet, be almost certain
    明日(あした)(てん)()()れに()ける
    Ashita no tenki wa hare ni kakeru.
    I bet that tomorrow's weather will be clear.
  3. to risk, bet
    (いのち)()けた(こい)
    inochi o kaketa koi
    a love that one risked his/her life for

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN