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掛かる かかる

  1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
  2. to hang
  3. to arrive; to come into view
  4. to come under (a contract, a tax)
  5. to start (engines, motors)
  6. to attend; to deal with; to handle
  7. to be on the verge of; to have started to
  8. to cover; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual)
  9. to (come) at
  10. to be fastened
  11. to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
  12. to be caught in
  13. to get a call
  14. to depend on
  15. to begin (a task); to get down to; to set about (doing)

差し掛かる さしかかる N1

  1. to approach; to come near (to)
  2. to approach (e.g. a climax); to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to be on the verge of
  3. to hang over; to overhang

取り掛かる とりかかる

  1. to begin (doing); to get down to; to set about; to start

下掛かる しもがかる

  1. to talk about indecent things

伸し掛かる のしかかる

  1. to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to bend over (someone); to lean over (and cover with one's body)
  2. to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one; to weigh on one

倒れ掛かる たおれかかる

  1. to fall onto something and lean against it; to topple over and lean at a precarious angle
  2. to be about to fall; to be on the point of collapse; to begin to fall

来掛かる きかかる

  1. to happen to come

凭れ掛かる もたれかかる

  1. to lean (on, against); to recline; to rest (against)
  2. to depend on; to rely on (someone)

打ち掛かる うちかかる

  1. to strike (at)

壁に掛かる かべにかかる

  1. to hang on the wall
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