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かかる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かかる
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)  (see also: 時間がかかる; often written with kana only)
2. to hang  (often written with kana only)
3. to come into view; to arrive  (see also: お目にかかる; often written with kana only)
4. to come under (a contract, a tax)  (often written with kana only)
5. to start (engines, motors)  (often written with kana only)
6. to attend; to deal with; to handle  (often written with kana only)
'ru' godan verb, auxiliary verb
7. to have started to; to be on the verge of  (often written with kana only)
8. to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover  (often written with kana only)
'ru' godan verb, auxiliary verb
9. to (come) at  (often written with kana only)
10. to be fastened  (see also: 鍵がかかる; often written with kana only)
11. to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
12. to be caught in  (see also: 罠にかかる; often written with kana only)
13. to get a call  (see also: 電話が掛かる; often written with kana only)
14. to depend on  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 153,389 which gives a rank of 971
かかる is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 282,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2702 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 212
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
なに
をするにも
かね
かかります
We need money to do anything.
その
てがみ
手紙
おく
ひゃく
100
えん
かかった
It cost me 100 yen to send the letter.
どのくらい
りょうきん
料金
かかります
How much will it cost?
掛かる
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Reading : かかる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 37,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1621 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6615
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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懸かる
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Reading : かかる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 204,000 (about 229,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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掛る
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Reading : かかる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 37,800,000 results)
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懸る
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Reading : かかる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 198,000 (about 273,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17187
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hanging   かかる to be hanging, to cost, to take   かける to hang up, to spend, to multiply   -がかり person in charge   
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hand
divining rod
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ケ   ケン   かける to hang   かかる to be hanging   
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ケン    prefecture   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   いと thread   
ケン    prefecture   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
シン   こころ heart   
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