寄よる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

approach; draw near; come close

Intransitive movement toward a person, place, object, or side. Often appears as 〜に寄る or 寄ってくる.

• 犬いぬがこちらに寄よってきた。

  The dog came closer to us.

• もう少すこし窓まど側がわに寄よってください。

  Please move a little closer to the window side.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

gather; come together; meet

Used when people, animals, or things draw together at one place or around something.

• 祭まつりの屋や台たいに人ひとが大おお勢ぜい寄よっていた。

  A lot of people had gathered at the festival stalls.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

stop by; drop in; make a short visit

Used for making a short stop on the way somewhere else. Common with 帰りに, 途中で, コンビニに, and similar expressions.

• 帰かえりにコンビニに寄よった。

  I stopped by a convenience store on the way home.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

advance in age; be on the high side

The fixed expression 年が寄る for growing old, and numerical uses where values tend toward the higher side are also used. 年が寄る is less common than 年を取る in everyday speech.

See also: 年が寄る

• 年としが寄よると、無む理りがきかなくなる。

  As you grow old, you can no longer push yourself as hard.

• 今こん回かいの測そく定てい値ちは少すこし高たかめに寄よっている。

  This set of measurements is a little on the high side.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

wrinkle; become creased

Almost always used in the form しわが寄る, meaning wrinkles or creases form on skin, cloth, paper, and similar surfaces.

• 笑わらうと目め元もとにしわが寄よる。

  Wrinkles form around the eyes when one smiles.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

lean against; recline on

Only when written 倚る / 凭る

A limited use meaning to rest one's body against something. Modern everyday Japanese more often uses もたれる or 寄りかかる; 倚る and 凭る are attested but search-only spellings.

• 「柱はしらに倚よる」は、柱はしらにもたれるという意い味みで使つかわれる表ひょう現げんだ。

  The expression 柱に倚る means to lean against a pillar.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

push while gripping the belt

Sumo term for advancing and driving the opponent back while holding the mawashi belt, as in the movement leading to 寄り切り.

• 力りき士しはまわしを取とると、土ど俵ひょう際ぎわまで一いっ気きに寄よった。

  After grabbing the belt, the wrestler drove his opponent straight to the edge of the ring.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

settle on a price; come to a deal

Commercial or bargaining use, especially in the expression 値が寄る, for a price being agreed on and a deal coming together.

• 商しょう取とり引ひきの言いい方かたで、「値ねが寄よる」は値ね段だんが決きまって取とり引ひきがまとまることをいう。

  In commercial terminology, 値が寄る means that a price is settled and the transaction is concluded.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be swayed by; yield to

Archaic use for being influenced by or yielding to a person. Not a normal modern substitute for 従う or 影響される.

• 古こ語ごでは「人ひとに寄よる」が、人ひとに心こころを動うごかされる・従したがう意い味みで使つかわれた。

  In classical usage, 人に寄る meant to be moved by or yield to someone.