In Japanese, "wear" is かける (kakeru). It is a verb pronounced "kah-keh-roo".
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かける is written in hiragana. Romanised as kakeru, it sounds roughly like "kah-keh-roo" to an English ear.
私は毎日かけます。
Watashi wa mainichi kakemasu.
I to wear every day.
かける means to wear in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (かけます) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steamかける is romanised as kakeru. Say it roughly like "kah-keh-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
かける is the plain (dictionary) form, used in casual speech and in dictionaries. For polite situations, verbs take a different ending, typically -masu. In Noun Town the game always shows the dictionary form.
かける is written using hiragana. Hiragana is the basic Japanese syllabary used for native words and grammatical elements.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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