がかる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | がかる | がからない |
| Polite | がかります | がかりません |
| Past polite | がかりました | がかりませんでした |
| Past | がかった | がからなかった |
| Te-form | がかって | がからないで |
| Desire | がかりたい | がかりたくない |
| Potential | がかれる | がかれない |
| Passive | がかられる | がかられない |
| Causative | がからせる | がからせない |
| Causative passive | がからせられるalso がからされる | がからせられないalso がからされない |
| Volitional | がかろう | |
| Polite volitional | がかりましょう | |
| Imperative | がかれ | がかるな |
| Conditional | がかれば | がからなければ |
| Tara conditional | がかったら | がからなかったら |
appear ...; look like ...; seem ...
Attaches to nouns to express that something gives a certain impression or appears to have a certain quality. Often used with abstract or evaluative nouns.
See also: 時代がかる
The evening sky had an orange tinge to it.
His story seems like a joke.
That movie has an old-fashioned feel.
have a trace of; be tinged with
Attaches to color or sensory nouns to indicate a slight hint of that quality. Common with color terms like 緑がかる (greenish).
See also: 緑がかる
This cloth is tinged with green.
The sky has become reddish.
The way he talks has something of a theatrical air to it.
ぶる means to affect or put on the air of something (e.g. 学者ぶる 'act like a scholar'), similar to がかる's sense of taking on an impression, but ぶる implies conscious pretension while がかる can be unintentional.
帯びる means to bear or take on a quality (often a color or tone, as in 赤みを帯びる), overlapping with がかる's color-tinge sense but 帯びる is a full verb requiring a particle, not a suffix attached directly to the noun.
がかる is another literary suffix meaning 'to have a tinge or air of' (芝居がかる 'theatrical'), very close to めく in register and function but slightly rarer in modern usage.
Derived from the verb かかる (to be about to, to begin to), with rendaku voicing. The exact historical development is uncertain, but it functions as a suffix attaching to nouns.