Word Meaning 拍車がかかる

はくしゃがかかる hakushagakakaru

拍車がかかる is read as はくしゃがかかる (hakushagakakaru) and means to expedite.

Meaning

English

  1. to expedite
  2. to encourage
  3. to spur (on)

Reading

Kana

はくしゃがかかる

Romaji

hakushagakakaru

Writing Variants

  • 拍車が掛かる はくしゃがかかる hakusha ga kakaru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 114849 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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拍車

はくしゃ

(riding) spur

拍手を送る

はくしゅをおくる

to give a round of applause

拍手

はくしゅ

clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

拍子

ひょうし

the moment

拍子抜け

ひょうしぬけ

anticlimax

拍子記号

ひょうしきごう

time signature

拍手を打つ

かしわでをうつ

to clap one's hands in prayer

拍子木

ひょうしぎ

wooden clappers

拍出

はくしゅつ

ejection (e.g. cardiac output)

拍手

かしわで

clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

拍動

はくどう

pulsation

Example Sentences

1

More money for education will spur economic growth.