願を掛ける

がんをかける ねがいをかける

to make a wish (to a god)

願を立てる

がんをたてる

to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)

情けをかける

なさけをかける

to show mercy, to show sympathy, to have compassion, to be kind

願掛け

がんかけ がんがけ

Shinto or Buddhist prayer

粉をかける

こなをかける

to make a pass at, to hit on, to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)

輪をかける

わをかける

to exceed, to be even more (so), to exaggerate

塩をかける

しおをかける

to sprinkle salt on, to salt

水をかける

to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to squirt water on

罠をかける

わなをかける

to set a trap

山をかける

やまをかける

to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)

目をかける

めをかける

to gaze at, to stare at, to set one's eyes on

声をかける

こえをかける

to greet, to call out to someone

鍵をかける

かぎをかける

to lock

手をかける

てをかける

to lay hands on; to touch

鎌をかける

かまをかける

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

繭をかける

まゆをかける

to spin a cocoon

縒りをかける

よりをかける

to twist a thread

迷惑をかける

めいわくをかける

to cause trouble (for someone), to annoy, to bother, to inconvenience

苦労をかける

くろうをかける

to cause someone trouble; to burden someone