掛る

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 掛る – see the following entry.

[verb] to hang; to suspend or float in a high position as if suspended

[verb] to be poured over something; to fall and cover something

[verb] to go across; to go from one side to the other

[verb] to be set up; to be constructed or erected

[verb] to be entrapped; to be tricked

[verb] to be affected with something bad

[verb] to function; to work

[verb] to worry; to be imposed as a burden (on someone)

[verb] to require, to take time or money, to cost

[verb] to begin; to start

[verb] to attack; to assault

[verb] (of a fog) to hang

Alternative spelling
繫る

(This term, 掛る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)