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出掛ける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	出で掛かける	出で掛かけない
Polite	出で掛かけます	出で掛かけません
Past polite	出で掛かけました	出で掛かけませんでした
Past	出で掛かけた	出で掛かけなかった
Te-form	出で掛かけて	出で掛かけないで
Desire	出で掛かけたい	出で掛かけたくない
Potential	出で掛かけられるalso 出で掛かけれる	出で掛かけられないalso 出で掛かけれない
Passive	出で掛かけられる	出で掛かけられない
Causative	出で掛かけさせる	出で掛かけさせない
Causative passive	出で掛かけさせられる	出で掛かけさせられない
Volitional	出で掛かけよう
Polite volitional	出で掛かけましょう
Imperative	出で掛かけろ	出で掛かけるな
Conditional	出で掛かければ	出で掛かけなければ
Tara conditional	出で掛かけたら	出で掛かけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

go out; leave; depart

General intransitive verb for leaving one's current place to go somewhere, often for an outing or errand.

ちょっと買かい物ものに出で掛かけてきます。
I'm going out to do a little shopping.
彼かれはもう出で掛かけましたか。
Has he already left?

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be about to leave; be just going out

Describes the moment just before departure; often used in progressive or immediate-future contexts.

今いま、出で掛かけるところです。
I'm just about to leave now.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉へ出でかけるto go out to a place
週しゅう末まつは家か族ぞくで温おん泉せんへ出でかけた。
We went out to a hot spring with family over the weekend.
出でかけるところだto be just about to leave
今いま、出でかけるところです。
I'm just about to leave now.
〈事こと〉に出でかけるto go out for (an activity)
母ははは買かい物ものに出でかけている。
My mother has gone out shopping.
出でかける前まえに〈動どう詞し〉to do something before going out
出でかける前まえに鍵かぎを確かく認にんした。
I checked the keys before going out.

Expressions

見みに出でかけるgo to see; go to attend

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
掛hang, suspend, depend

Related words

外がい出しゅつN2sense 1
外出する is a formal, often written term for leaving one's home or workplace, while 出掛ける is the casual everyday word for going out.
出でるN5sense 1
出る is a broad verb for exiting or appearing anywhere, whereas 出掛ける specifically means leaving one's current place with a destination or purpose in mind.
出しゅっ発ぱつN4sense 1
出発する emphasizes the formal act of departing (e.g. on a trip or journey), while 出掛ける is the casual, everyday word for going out.
繰くり出だす
出かける simply means to go out, usually alone or with no group nuance, while 繰り出す implies a lively group heading out together.
行いくN5
出かける specifically means to head out or set off from home, while 行く is the general verb for going anywhere.

Opposites

帰かえるN5sense 1
帰る means to return home or to one's base, the opposite of 出掛ける, which means to leave that place.

Politeness

お出でかけN4
出かける is the plain verb 'to go out', while お出かけ is its polite nominal form used in greetings and casual talk like お出かけですか？

Don't confuse with

出で向むくN1
出かける just means to go out or leave the house casually, while 出向く specifically implies going somewhere deliberately for a purpose.

Word family

お出でかけN4
about to go out; just leaving · outing; trip

Written forms

出で掛かけるUsage12%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency and priority.
出でかけるUsage82%
Common simplified variant; the okurigana かける is written in kana.
でかけるUsage6%

Etymology

Compound of 出 (de, 'out') + 掛ける (kakeru, 'to set about, to begin to go'). The verb 掛ける here contributes a sense of starting or setting out, yielding the meaning 'to set out from a place'.