仮託

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
たく
Grade: S
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spellings
假託 (kyūjitai)
仮托

Etymology[edit]

From Chinese 假託. Based on the use of kan'on readings, likely from Middle Chinese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(たく) (kataku

  1. excuse, pretext, pretense, plea
    Synonyms: 託け (kakotsuke), 藉口 (shakō); see also Thesaurus:口実
    それは()(たく)だけだろ?
    Sore wa kataku dake daro?
    That's just a prextext, isn't it?

Verb[edit]

()(たく)する (kataku surusuru (stem ()(たく) (kataku shi), past ()(たく)した (kataku shita))

  1. to make a pretext, excuse, or plea of
    Synonyms: 託ける (kakotsukeru), 藉口 する (shakō suru)
    (びょう)()()(たく)してズル(やす)みしたんだよ。
    Byōki ni kataku shite zuruyasumi shitanda yo.
    He used illness as an excuse to play truant.
    • 1960, 芝木好子, 湯葉:
      (しば)()()(もの)のすべては、そうして()(たい)()(かい)(おの)れを()(たく)している…
      Shibai o miru mono no subete wa, sō shite butai no sekai ni onore o kataku shiteiru…
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN