Illustration: After carrying groceries up an apartment stairwell, a resident pauses on the landing with their upper back pressed firmly against a broad structural post. Their feet stand forward of their hips, knees loose, so the post clearly supports the slanted body.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

寄よりかかる

yorikakaru

to lean against

Example sentences

彼かれは手てすりに寄よりかかっていました。
He was leaning against the rail.
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壁かべにより掛かかるな。
Don’t lean against the wall.
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彼かれは壁かべに寄よりかかった。
He leaned against the wall.
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Kanji in 寄

寄draw near; stop inOnキKunよる・よせる

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