My words

変える

かえる

to change to alter to transform to convert to turn to vary to reform to revise to amend

罹る

かかる

to suffer from

関わる

かかわる

to be affected to be influenced to be concerned with to have to do with to stick to (opinions)

嗅ぐ

かぐ

to sniff to smell

掻く

かく

to scratch to perspire to shovel to paddle

隠れる

かくれる

to hide to be hidden to conceal oneself to disappear

欠ける

かける

to be chipped to be damaged to be broken to be lacking to be missing to be insufficient to be short to be deficient to be negligent toward (of the moon) to wane to go into eclipse

重なる

かさなる

to be piled up to lie on top of one another to come one after another to happen over and over to pile up (eg stress) to accumulate to overlap (each other) to occur at the same time to happen simultaneously

重ねる

かさねる

to pile up to put something on top of another to stack up to repeat many times over to go through something repeatedly

齧る

かじる

to chew to bite (at) to gnaw to nibble to munch to crunch to have a smattering of to dabble in (eg hobby instrument)

稼ぐ

かせぐ

to earn income to labor to labour

数える

かぞえる

to count to enumerate

片付ける

かたづける

to tidy up to put in order to straighten up to put away to settle (problem) to clear (dispute) to finish to bring something to an end to marry off (eg a daughter) to do away with someone to bump someone off

偏る

かたよる

to be onesided to incline to be partial to be prejudiced to lean to be biased to be biassed

担ぐ

かつぐ

to shoulder to carry on ones shoulder to take (someone) for a ride to deceive to take in

兼ねる

かねる

to be unable to to find difficult (unpleasant awkward painful) to do to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously to contain (or combine) two or more features to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions etc) to do alongside to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) to think of the future (as well as the present)

被せる

かぶせる

to cover (with something) to put on (eg on someone elses head) to plate something (with a metal) to pour or dash a liquid (on something) to charge (a person with a guilt)

被る

かぶる かむる こうむる かぶる/

to suffer to receive to sustain

構う

かまう

to mind to care about to be concerned about to care for to look after to prepare for to interfere with to meddle in to tease

噛む

しがむ かむ

to bite to chew to gnaw to crash against (eg of waves) to break onto (shore) to engage (of cogs zippers etc) to mesh to fit together to be involved in to fumble ones words (during a play broadcast etc) to falter with ones words to strongly confute to argue down to rebuke to scold harshly

通う

かよう

to go to and from (a place) to go back and forth between to run between (eg bus train etc) to ply between to go to (school work etc) to attend to commute to frequent to circulate (eg blood electricity) to be communicated (eg thought) to resemble

揶揄う

からかう

to ridicule to tease to mock to chaff to razz to banter with to make fun of to poke fun at to make cracks about

借りる

かりる

to borrow to have a loan to rent to hire

刈る

かる

to cut (hair) to mow (grass) to harvest to clip to shear to reap to trim to prune

がる

to show signs of being to feel to think to behave as if one were to pretend to act as if to want to desire to be anxious to to be eager to

枯れる

かれる

to wither (of a plant) to be blasted to die to mature (of ones personality abilities etc)

可愛がる

かわいがる

to love to be affectionate to favor to favour to be partial to to torment to tease to be rough with

乾かす

かわかす

to dry (clothes etc) to desiccate

乾く

かわく

to get dry

渇く

かわく

to be thirsty to feel thirsty to thirst for to crave