かかる

• 読み: かかる
• ローマ字: kakaru
• 漢字の分解: 掛 (kei/ka) — hang, suspend; hand radical (扌) + 卦 (divination sign)
• 発音: /ka.ka.ɾɯ/

意味

To take (time or money); to cost; to require a certain amount of a resource.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Most commonly written in hiragana. At the N5 level, the primary meaning is 'to take' time or money: 時間がかかる (it takes time), お金がかかる (it costs money). The kanji form 掛かる exists but is rarely used for this meaning. Forms a pair with かける.

例文

1. 駅まで歩いて十分かかります。
2. この工事は三か月かかるそうです。
3. 修理にいくらかかりましたか。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, travel, shopping

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Written in kanji as 掛かる, combining the hand radical (扌) with 卦 (divination sign). The original meaning of hanging or suspending extended metaphorically to the idea of something weighing on you — like time or cost.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal