掛がかり
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Meanings
Suffix
1. taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)
2. similar to ...
3. dependent on ...; reliant on ...
4. while ...; when ...; in the midst of ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Other spellings
掛がかりがかり
Kanji used
Examples2
They searched the house, but found no clues.
I will be working on my report all day tomorrow.