Illustration: On the dirt playing area of a Japanese neighborhood park, a child kicks a football toward a small practice goal. The planted foot presses firmly into the ground, while the other leg swings forward with the instep visibly contacting and slightly compressing the ball.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

蹴ける

keru

to kick

Example sentences

  1. けってドアを開あけるな。

    Don’t kick the door open.

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  2. 彼かれはボールを蹴けった。

    He kicked the ball.

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  3. 背中せなかを蹴けられた。

    I was kicked in the back.

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Kanji in 蹴

  • 蹴kickOnシュク・シュウKunける

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