かかる
kakaru
Caught and can't get off: かかる
The picture Something hooked onto a thing and hanging there, unable to come off. かかる is it hanging there, hooked on its own; かける is you hanging it on.
Where the picture shows up in かかる
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time hangs on you
駅まで歩いて二十分かかります。
eki made aruite nijuppun kakarimasu
It takes twenty minutes on foot to the station.
Twenty minutes hooked to your ankles, dragging along as you walk to the station
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money hangs on you
引っ越しに思ったよりお金がかかりました。
hikkoshi ni omotta yori okane ga kakarimashita
The move cost more than I expected.
Money hooked to the move, slipping out of your wallet the whole way
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hanging on the wall
壁に大きな絵がかかっています。
kabe ni ōkina e ga kakatte imasu
There's a big painting on the wall.
A frame's wire caught on the nail in the wall, left hanging there
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a call comes hooked to you
知らない番号から電話がかかってきました。
shiranai bangō kara denwa ga kakatte kimashita
I got a call from a number I didn't know.
An unknown number hooking its line onto your phone and setting it ringing
You かける a call; a call かかる to you. Learn the pair together.
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the illness hooks you
去年、インフルエンザにかかりました。
kyonen, infuruenza ni kakarimashita
I caught the flu last year.
A passing flu catching on your body and refusing to come off
All of it in one picture
かかる is the picture of something hooked onto you and hanging there, and you can't shake it off. Twenty minutes hooks onto the walk to the station; money hooks onto the move and keeps slipping out; the frame hangs from the nail in the wall; an unknown number hooks its line onto your phone; the flu catches on your body and won't come off. Only what gets hooked changes — time, money, a picture, a call, an illness. So かかる leaves the feeling that you didn't choose it: it got hooked onto you.