Illustration: On a quiet suburban station platform, a traveler waits with their shoulder and upper back resting against a broad structural pillar. Their torso angles toward it, one knee bends loosely, and their feet sit slightly forward of their hips, making the pillar’s support clear.

もたれる

motareru

to lean against

Example sentences

彼かれは壁かべにもたれていた。
He was leaning against the wall.
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彼かれはいすの背せにもたれている。
He is leaning on the back of the chair.
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彼かれは木きにもたれて立たっていた。
He kept standing against a tree.
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