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課す (かす, kasu) Japanese meaning: impose | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 課す · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 課か す 課か さない Polite 課か します 課か しません Past polite 課か しました 課か しませんでした Past 課か した 課か さなかった Te-form 課か して 課か さないで Desire 課か したい 課か したくない Potential 課か せる 課か せない Passive 課か される 課か されない Causative 課か させる 課か させない Causative passive 課か させられる 課か させられない Volitional 課か そう Polite volitional 課か しましょう Imperative 課か せ 課か すな Conditional 課か せば 課か さなければ Tara conditional 課か したら 課か さなかったら
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政せい
府ふ
は
新あたら
しい
税ぜい
を
課か
す
こと
を
検けん
討とう
し
て
いる
。
The government is considering imposing a new tax.
The teacher assigned homework to the students.
A fine is imposed on violators.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 税ぜい 金きん を 課か す to levy a tax on someone
The government levied a new tax on the citizens.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 罰ばつ を 課か す to impose a punishment on someone
The court imposed a fine on the defendant.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 制せい 限げん を 課か す to impose a restriction on someone
The company imposed strict restrictions on its employees.
Expressions 義ぎ 務む を 課か す impose an obligation; place a duty; obligate Kanji 課 chapter, lesson, section Related words 課する is a more formal, slightly stiffer variant of 課す, both meaning to impose a duty, tax, or penalty.
課す is a formal word for officially imposing a duty, tax, or task, while 押し付ける carries a negative nuance of unfairly dumping something unwanted on someone.
課す means to impose a duty, tax, or task in a formal or official sense, while 強いる carries a stronger sense of overriding someone's will.
Don't confuse with 科す sounds identical to 課す but is used specifically for imposing punishments or fines, while 課す covers broader duties, taxes, or tasks.
貸す (to lend) and 課す (to impose/assign, e.g. a task or tax) share the same reading かす but have completely unrelated meanings.
Etymology Derived from the kanji 課 (section, lesson, levy) and the verb ending す. The reading か is the on'yomi of 課.
