Hello.
I have met this interesting combination of words. 掃除機をかける. 掃除機, "soujiki", meaning vacuum cleaner, and adding をかける, "(w)o kakeru" produces the meaning of vacuum-cleaning. I am wondering what "kakeru" means. At the times I've encountered the phrase "掃除機をかける" I have noticed that "kakeru" is spelled solely with kana, and when looking up different "kakeru"-verbs I have not found any verb spelled solely with kana.
I have found that kakeru can mean "apply" amongst other things, but why is it spelled only with kana in this instance – and can it be spelled differently? I would like an explanation of the composition in question, 掃除機をかける; I would like to have the object-verb relation explained.
Regards and happy wishes, fragan.
I have met this interesting combination of words. 掃除機をかける. 掃除機, "soujiki", meaning vacuum cleaner, and adding をかける, "(w)o kakeru" produces the meaning of vacuum-cleaning. I am wondering what "kakeru" means. At the times I've encountered the phrase "掃除機をかける" I have noticed that "kakeru" is spelled solely with kana, and when looking up different "kakeru"-verbs I have not found any verb spelled solely with kana.
I have found that kakeru can mean "apply" amongst other things, but why is it spelled only with kana in this instance – and can it be spelled differently? I would like an explanation of the composition in question, 掃除機をかける; I would like to have the object-verb relation explained.
Regards and happy wishes, fragan.