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仕掛け

仕掛

Reading

Kana: しかけ
Romaji: shikake
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Definitions

1

device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget

2

trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit

3

(small) scale; half finished

4

commencement; initiation

5

set up; laying out; preparation

6

challenge; attack

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: カイ、 ケイ、 か.ける、 -か.ける、 か.け、 -か.け、 -が.け、 か.かる、 -か.かる、 -が.かる、 か.かり、 -が.かり、 かかり、 -がかり
Meanings: hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

Example Sentences

この仕掛(しか)けはスイッチで(うご)く。
➥This device is actuated by a switch.
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(わたし)たちは(きつね)(つか)まえるためにわなをしかけた。
➥We set a trap to catch a fox.
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(かれ)複雑(ふくざつ)なぜんまいじかけのおもちゃを考案(こうあん)した。
➥He devised a complicated clockwork toy.
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彼女(かのじょ)色仕掛(いろじか)けで(おとこ)誘惑(ゆうわく)する。
➥She knows how to use her good looks to get what she wants out of men.
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(かれ)はその動物(どうぶつ)をとらえるためにわなをしかけた。
➥He set a trap to catch the animal.
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警察(けいさつ)時限(じげん)爆弾(ばくだん)仕掛(しか)けられているという通報(つうほう)現場(げんば)急行(きゅうこう)した。
➥Police rushed to the scene on the tip that a time bomb was planted.
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