NichiDict

かこつ

託つ
喞つ
[kakotsu]

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to complain about; to grumble about; to moan about; to bemoan

Examples

体調にかこつけて仕事を休んだ。

I used my health as a pretext to skip work.

彼は自分の不運をかこった

He bemoaned his bad luck.

老人は孤独をかこっている

The old man is lamenting his loneliness.