寄り掛かる

よりかかる【寄り掛かる】

*lean

|自|〖D〗 〖S〗(人・物が)〔…に〕寄りかかる， もたれる〔on， against〕

**rest

|他|〖D〗 (人・物)を〔…に〕よりかからせる〔against〕.

¶ → よりかかって

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よりかかる【寄り掛かる】

1 〔柱などに〕 lean against [on, over]…; stand against…; recline on [against]…; rest on [against]….

●机[つえ]に寄りかかる lean on the desk [one's cane]

・壁に寄りかかる rest [lean] against a wall

・欄干に寄りかかる lean on [against, over] the railing

・安楽いす[ソファー]に寄りかかる recline in an easy chair [on a sofa]

・壁に寄りかかってすわる sit with one's back against the wall

・背もたれに寄りかからないですわる sit without leaning against the back of one's chair.

●寄りかかるのはやめろ. Don't lean on me!

2 〔頼る〕 lean on…; rely on [upon]…; depend on [upon]….

●権力に寄りかかる invoke authority.

●彼は成人しても親に寄りかかって暮らしている. He's reached adulthood but still relies on his parents to feed and house him.

・彼は伝統に寄りかからず, 自由な発想で独自の日本画を描いている. He doesn't rely on tradition but paints original Japanese-style paintings based on freely conceived ideas.