Japanese

をかける

てをかける
Meaning: to take a lot of trouble; to apply effort; to care for
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 手をかける 手をかけない
Polite 手をかけます 手をかけません
Past 手をかけた 手をかけなかった
Polite + Past 手をかけました 手をかけませんでした
Te-form 手をかけて 手をかけなくて
Potential 手をかけられる 手をかけられない
Passive 手をかけられる 手をかけられない
Causative 手をかけさせる 手をかけさせない
Imperative 手をかけろ 手をかけるな

Handwriting

手
を
か
け
る

Example

I put a lot of work into this piece.

Usage Notes

Indicates putting significant time, care, or manual effort into something. Can also mean to kill in certain contexts, but mostly used for care/work.

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