預かる

あずかる · azukaru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to keep (something) for (someone)

🧳 azukaru sounds like a zoo carer: they keep your animal for you

預 also appears in 預金 (yokin, bank deposit), so it's about holding something left in your care. Compare 預ける (azukeru), to leave something with someone: -keru is you handing it over, -karu is you taking it in.

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