What does 「かけようかどうしようか」 mean?


The sentence below is taken from a light novel.

> 声を **かけようかどうしようか** 迷っていたら、ほんの一瞬風が止んだ

I don't understand what 「かけようかどうしようか」 means. Is it an expression? This light
novel sometimes omits kanji and I'm wondering if there should be kanji in here
or not. I know that 「どうしようか」 is like “What should I do”, but I have no idea
what 「かけようか」 is.




かける here would literally mean something like "to cast", but 声をかける is an
expression in Japanese to mean "to greet someone", "to say something (to
someone)", or even "to invite someone (to something)" and "to cheer someone up
(in sports)".

It is actually rare to see it written in kanji. If you are to still write it,
it would be 声を掛ける.

So, 声をかけようかどうしようか迷っていた roughly translates to "I was wondering if I should say
something or not".




かける here would literally mean something like "to cast", but 声をかける is an
expression in Japanese to mean "to greet someone", "to say something (to
someone)", or even "to invite someone (to something)" and "to cheer someone up
(in sports)".

It is actually rare to see it written in kanji. If you are to still write it,
it would be 声を掛ける.

So, 声をかけようかどうしようか迷っていた roughly translates to "I was wondering if I should say
something or not".

