のしかかる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

lean over; bend over; loom over

Describes a person or large thing physically leaning or bending over someone, often with a sense of pressure or intimidation.

• 彼かれは机つくえにのしかかるようにして書しょ類るいを読よんでいた。

  He was reading the documents, leaning over the desk.

• 大おおきな岩いわが道みちにのしかかっていた。

  A huge rock was looming over the road.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

weigh on; bear heavily on; lie on

Used figuratively for responsibilities, worries, or pressure that feel heavy and oppressive, as if physically weighing on someone.

• 仕し事ごとの責せき任にんが彼かれにのしかかっている。

  The responsibility of work is weighing on him.

• 将しょう来らいへの不ふ安あんが心こころにのしかかる。

  Anxiety about the future lies heavy on my mind.