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頼たのむ

Kana たのむ Romaji tanomu

JLPT N5 Common word

Definitions

01godan verb · transitive

to request; to beg; to ask

02godan verb · transitive

to call; to order; to reserve

03godan verb · transitive

to entrust to

04godan verb · transitive

to rely on

esp. 恃む

05interjection

colloquial

please; please do; help me out here

Examples

田中さんのことを頼むよ。

Take care of Mr. Tanaka for me!

Tatoeba #74709

あなたに頼んでもよろしいですか。

May I request a favour of you?

Tatoeba #233649

私が頼んだものがまだ届いていません。

I'm still waiting for my order.

Tatoeba #167381

Other forms

恃む (rarely used kanji form)憑む (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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