仕し掛かける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

start; begin; commence

Used for starting an action, process, or activity, often with a sense of initiating something deliberately.

• 彼かれは新あたらしいプロジェクトを仕し掛かけた。

  He started a new project.

• 食しょく事じを仕し掛かけたところで電でん話わが鳴なった。

  Just as I was about to start eating, the phone rang.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

challenge; pick a fight; provoke

Used for initiating a confrontation, argument, or conflict; often with 喧嘩, 戦争, or 論争.

• 彼かれはよく同どう僚りょうに議ぎ論ろんを仕し掛かける。

  He often picks arguments with his colleagues.

• 敵てきが戦せん争そうを仕し掛かけてきた。

  The enemy started a war against us.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

set a trap; plant explosives; lay mines

Used for setting up traps, explosives, or mines; implies a deliberate, often hidden, preparation.

• 猟りょう師しは森もりに罠わなを仕し掛かけた。

  The hunter set traps in the forest.

• テロリストが道どう路ろに爆ばく弾だんを仕し掛かけた。

  Terrorists planted a bomb on the road.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

make a meld call (mahjong)

Mahjong term: to declare a meld by calling a discarded tile.

See also: 鳴く

• 彼かれはポンを仕し掛かけて手てを進すすめた。

  He called a pung and advanced his hand.