託ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かこつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
寓ける

Pronunciation

Verb

(かこつ)ける • (kakotsukerutransitive ichidan (stem (かこつ) (kakotsuke), past (かこつ)けた (kakotsuketa))

  1. use as an excuse, use something as a pretext
    Synonym: 仮託する (kataku suru)

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

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