仕掛ける (Shikakeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to start, to begin, to commence, to challenge”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto start; to begin; to commence
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto make a meld call
Examples
私たちは狐を捕まえるためにわなをしかけた。
We set a trap to catch a fox.
彼はその動物をとらえるためにわなをしかけた。
He set a trap to catch the animal.
警察は時限爆弾が仕掛けられているという通報で現場に急行した。
Police rushed to the scene on the tip that a time bomb was planted.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).