かける
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
To stake one's life.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to bet money
Examples (11 in total)
To stake one's life.
Next time, let's bet something.
There's a lot of money at stake in this transaction.
The company is struggling for survival.
I have already decided to bet on him.
I made a bet that she would win the game.
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
He bet two pounds on the horse.
I wagered him a dollar that I'd sell more magazines than he would.
That is why I bet on a slim possibility and groped for a path to promotion.
I bet Dave paid a pretty penny for his new car.