かかります（かかります、kaかrimasu）
- to cost (money)

The Japanese verb かかりますかかります has multiple meanings, all related to time, money, or effort being expended. It generally translates to "to take" (time, money, or effort), "to cost," "to require," or "to involve." The specific meaning depends heavily on the context of the sentence.

⚫︎ 東京まで、どのくらい時間がかかりますか？ Translation: How much time does it take to get to Tokyo? ⚫︎ この本は1000円かかります。 Translation: This book costs 1000 yen. ⚫︎ 準備に時間がかかりました。 Translation: It took time to prepare.

かかりますかかります is used in various situations where something is needed, required, or expected. ⚫︎ It’s used when talking about the time it takes to do something or travel somewhere. ⚫︎ It’s used to describe the cost of something. ⚫︎ It can also refer to the effort, energy, or resources needed for a task. The subject of the verb is usually the thing that takes time, money, or effort.

かかりますかかります is usually written in hiragana: かかりますかかります. The kanji form 掛かります is possible but less common in everyday conversation. The okurigana (the hiragana following the kanji) may vary depending on the conjugation. For example, かかった (past tense), かかる (dictionary form/present tense), かかる (plain form/present), かかれば (conditional form).

⚫︎ 要（い）ります (irimasu): to be needed, to require (similar in meaning to "to take" in terms of needing something) ⚫︎ 費（つ）やす (tsuyasu): to spend (time or money) ⚫︎ かかる (kakaru - dictionary form of かかりますかかります)

There isn't a single direct antonym for かかりますかかります, as it depends on the context. However, one might consider words expressing not taking or costing anything. For example: ⚫︎ 無料（むりょう）です (muryou desu): it's free. ⚫︎ かからない (kakar-anai): doesn't take/cost/require (negative form of かかりますかかります)

日本へ旅行するのに、どのくらい費用がかかりますか？ ・Translation: How much will it cost to travel to Japan? ・Explanation: This sentence uses かかりますかかります to inquire about the cost of a trip.

新しいプロジェクトを完成させるのに、数週間かかります。 ・Translation: It will take several weeks to complete the new project. ・Explanation: Here, かかりますかかります expresses the time required to finish something.

The etymology of かかりますかかります comes from the verb 掛（か）かる (kakaru). The kanji 掛 means "to hang" or "to be suspended," and it has evolved to represent the sense of time, money, or effort "hanging" or being "expended" on something. The verb's conjugation reflects this, with かかり being the stem form.