かかる

かかる · kakaru · JLPT N5 · verb-godan

it takes

⏳💴 Sounds like car-car-ru: two cars cost double the time and money

かかる (kakaru) is intransitive: the time or money is the subject, marked with が. Ka-ka repeats like a meter ticking up. Example: 一時間かかる = it takes one hour. Its transitive partner is かける, to spend.

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