Illustration: Beside a rural vegetable shed, a gardener carefully places an empty humane cage trap along a narrow animal path. The entrance is open, a small piece of fruit sits inside, and the gardener adjusts the trap's position with both hands before withdrawing.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

仕し掛かける

shikakeru

to set a trap, to plant explosives

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはその動物どうぶつをとらえるためにわなをしかけた。

    He set a trap to catch the animal.

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  2. 私わたしたちは狐きつねを捕つかまえるためにわなをしかけた。

    We set a trap to catch a fox.

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  3. 警察けいさつは時限爆弾じげんばくだんが仕掛しかけられているという通報つうほうで現場げんばに急行きゅうこうした。

    Police rushed to the scene on the tip that a time bomb was planted.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 仕掛

  • 仕attend; doingOnシ・ジKunつかえる
  • 掛hang; suspendOnカイ・ケイKunかける・かけ・かかる

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