JLPT N3 Intermediate
寄る
To approach, gather together, or drop by a place.
Readings
Other forms
寄ります polite
寄らない plain negative
寄った plain past
寄って te-form
1 Verb (Intransitive)
To get closer / To gather
Describes the act of physically moving towards a person, object, or side to close a gap.
Example
ストーブ の そば に もっと 寄って 。 寒い よ 。
Move closer to the heater. It's cold.
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2 Verb (Intransitive)
To stop by / To drop in
Refers to making a brief, unplanned, or secondary stop at a location while traveling somewhere else.
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3 Verb (Intransitive)
To gather" (in set phrases)
Used in idiomatic phrases to describe the formation of creases or the accumulation of years.
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