託ける

Japanese
Kanji in this term
託
かこつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かこつける [kàkótsúkérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) かこつけ​る [kàkótsúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ko̞t͡sɨᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

託(かこつ)ける • (kakotsukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 託(かこつ)け (kakotsuke), past 託(かこつ)けた (kakotsuketa))

  1. use as an excuse, use something as a pretext

Conjugation
Conjugation of "託ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 託け かこつけ kakotsuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 託け かこつけ kakotsuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 託ける かこつける kakotsukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 託ける かこつける kakotsukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 託けれ かこつけれ kakotsukere
Meireikei ("imperative") 託けよ¹
託けろ²		 かこつけよ¹
かこつけろ²		 kakotsukeyo¹
kakotsukero²
Key constructions
Passive 託けられる かこつけられる kakotsukerareru
Causative 託けさせる
託けさす		 かこつけさせる
かこつけさす		 kakotsukesaseru
kakotsukesasu
Potential 託けられる
託けれる³		 かこつけられる
かこつけれる³		 kakotsukerareru
kakotsukereru³
Volitional 託けよう かこつけよう kakotsukeyō
Negative 託けない
託けぬ
託けん		 かこつけない
かこつけぬ
かこつけん		 kakotsukenai
kakotsukenu
kakotsuken
Negative continuative 託けず かこつけず kakotsukezu
Formal 託けます かこつけます kakotsukemasu
Perfective 託けた かこつけた kakotsuketa
Conjunctive 託けて かこつけて kakotsukete
Hypothetical conditional 託ければ かこつければ kakotsukereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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