to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
Examples (6 in total)
不安がのしかかってきます。
Anxiety weighs on me.
その言葉が、重くのしかかる。
Those words weigh heavily on me.
ただその事実のみが重くのしかかった。
Only that fact weighed heavily on me.
弟が背中にのしかかってきて重い。
My little brother is leaning on my back, and he's heavy.
彼の肩には責任が重くのしかかっている。
A great responsibility lies on his shoulders.
大きな犬がじゃれて私にのしかかってきた。
A big dog playfully leaned its whole weight on me.