Kake

JLPT N1

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掛け (Kake) is a Japanese noun meaning “credit, money owed on an account, bill, hanger”.

Meanings

  1. nouncredit
  2. nounmoney owed on an account; bill
  3. suffixhanger; holder; rest; rack; peg; hookafter a noun
  4. suffixin the process of (doing); midway through; half-(done)after -masu stem of verb
  5. suffixon the verge of; just about toafter -masu stem of verb
  6. nounhot noodles in broth

Examples

  • Don't buy things on credit.

  • Short accounts make long friends.

  • He hung his coat on a hook.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 掛け

hang

Related words

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)very hardsubsection headto startto go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing)to (happen to) seechanceto chaseclueto be caught into address (someone)