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けしかける

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word けしかける

嗾ける
Transitive
Usually kana
Ichidan verb
Freq #14384
1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

Examples
苛酷な価格競争の中で、A社は我々をけしかけてB社と戦わせて漁夫の利を得ようとしている。
Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.

Kanji in this Word

14 strokes

Meanings

sic'em
egg on
instigate

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ゾク
ソク
ソウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
けしか.ける
そそのか.す
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