Word Meaning 係う

かかずらう kakazurau

係う is read as かかずらう (kakazurau) and means to be a stickler about.

Meaning

English

  1. to be a stickler about
  2. to be finicky about (some triviality)
  3. to be mixed up with
  4. to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
  5. to take part (in some work)
  6. to hang about
  7. to bother (someone)

Reading

Kana

かかずらう

Romaji

kakazurau

Writing Variants

  • 拘う かかずらう kakazurau
  • 拘らう かかずらう kakazurau

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 66421 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

かかり

connection

係長

かかりちょう

subsection head

係員

かかりいん

person in charge

係官

かかりかん

official in charge

係争

けいそう

dispute

係数

けいすう

coefficient

係留

けいりゅう

mooring

係合

けいごう

joining elements so they mate or hook together (e.g. a clutch)

係り受け

かかりうけ

(syntactic) dependency

係争地

けいそうち

disputed area

がかり

charge

係る

かかる

to be the work of