掛

official in charge; person in charge

installment; instalment; premium; bill

shawl

Mathematics

multiplication

Food, cooking

food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

Sumo; Martial arts

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.)

foothold; pedal

Precedes a number of days, months or years, e.g. 足かけ5年

indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends

starting (e.g. of an engine); engaging (e.g. of a lock)

掛かり／掛り only

expenses; costs

Go (game); Esp. カカリ

attack (esp. a corner approach)

barb (of a fish hook)

掛かり／掛り only; Esp. for government offices, railways, etc.

charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging

Usu. as 〜なし

exaggeration

curtains

hanging scroll; kakemono

bed covering (quilt, futon, blanket, etc.)

sugared sweets

bib; drool bib

music suspension

sword rack

accounts receivable; outstanding sales account

workman's apron; bib

summer-use futon

foods topped with grated yam

pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub

pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)

boxes which fit inside each other; nesting boxes

hiding one's true feelings

掛子／掛け子 only; Slang

person in a scam whose role is to telephone the victim

kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

yearly payment; annual payment; paying in yearly instalments

手掛け／手懸け／手掛／手懸 only

handle

Dated term; Also written as 妾女

mistress; kept woman; concubine

martingale

archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)