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寄りかかる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
寄り掛かる
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Reading : よりかかる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lean against; to recline on; to lean on
2. to rely on; to depend on
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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寄り掛かる is the most useful form. 5 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 84,000 (about 2,980,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かれ
はしら
りかかって
じゆう
自由
めがみぞう
女神像
じっと
つめた

He leaned against the pillar and gazed at the Statue of Liberty.
せかい
世界
きみ
にほん
二本
なら
んで
ようにどちらも
りかかる
ことなくそれぞれまっすぐ
っている

The world and you are like two trees standing next to each other, both standing up straight, one never leaning toward the other.
Source: スティル・ライフ池澤夏樹, translation by Bunsuke)
かれ
ポケット
れて
かべ
りかかって
たっていた
He stood against the wall with his hands in his pockets.
寄りかかる
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Reading : よりかかる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 161,000 (about 488,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5403 (see iKnow! collections)
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寄り掛る
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Reading : よりかかる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 210,000 (about 190,000 results)
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凭り掛かる
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Reading : よりかかる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 252,000 (about 6,500 results)
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倚り懸かる
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Reading : よりかかる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 256,000 (about 1,990 results)
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よりかかる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 189,000 (about 328,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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キ   よ to draw near   よせる to bring near   
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キ    strange, curious   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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roof   
hanging   かかる to be hanging, to cost, to take   かける to hang up, to spend, to multiply   -がかり person in charge   
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hand
divining rod
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
   もたれる to lean against   
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ニン    responsibility   まか    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニン    #9, 9th; burden   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   samurai
キ    table   
ケ   ケン   かける to hang   かかる to be hanging   
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ケン    prefecture   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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シ   いと thread   
ケン    prefecture   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
シン   こころ heart   
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