がかり – Vocabulary details

がかり

Suffix

1. taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)

しかし、二ふた人りがかりの作さ業ぎょうである。However, it is a task that requires two people.

2. similar to ...

3. dependent on ...; reliant on ...

4. while ...; when ...; in the midst of ...

after the -masu stem of a verb

が

かり

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

worry; anxiety; concern

large-scale

二ふた人りがかりでも無む理りだろう。

Even with two people, it would be impossible.

二ふた人りがかりとは卑ひ怯きょうだぞ！

Two against one? That's dirty!

三さん人にんがかりで一いっ掃そうした。

The three of them swept it all away.

しかし、二ふた人りがかりの作さ業ぎょうである。

However, it is a task that requires two people.

五ご人にんがかりでも、まるで時じ間かんが足たりない。

Even with five people, there is simply not enough time.

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