がけ

Also written 掛け, 懸け, 掛, 懸

Meanings

1. Suffix, の-adjective -clad (after an article of clothing)
2. in the midst of (after a -masu stem)
3. tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price) (after a number in the ichi, ni counting system)
4. times (i.e. multiplied by) (after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system)
5. able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) (after a number of people)

Example sentences

• まず、板のかんながけをしてください。
  Try the board surface first.
• パーティーの終わりがけに、まだ病院のことでぶつぶつと何かを言っていたとき、彼は氷のかけらで足を滑らせて、左足を折ってしまった。
  He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
• 通りがけに本屋によった。
  I entered the bookstore on the way.
• ちょうど床のワックスがけが終わったとこなんだ。
  I've just finished waxing the floor.
• アイロンがけは好きじゃないんだ。
  I don't like ironing.

Words containing がけ

• 雑巾がけ (ぞうきんがけ) cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.)
• こたつがけ futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame
• 来がけ (きがけ) on the way here

And 4 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists