Kana: たよる
Kanji: 頼る
Romaji: tayoru

Type: Verb
Meaning: to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
JLPT level: N3

Example sentences:

今の僕には、他に頼るあてもない。
ima no boku niwa, hoka ni tayoru ate mo nai.
I have no one else to rely on.

他人に頼るのはよくないって言ってるのよ！
tanin ni tayoru no wa yokunai tte itteru no yo.
I’m telling you not to rely on others!

まあ、そのうち、興味深い提案を受け入れるだれかさんが現れるだろう。
maa, sono uchi, kyoumi bukai teian o ukeireru darekasan ga arawareru darou.
Surely someone will turn up to accept your interesting proposition.

アルゴリズムに頼る部分が多い現代のＩＴ革命は、アラブ・イスラム文明とその偉大な学問所だったバグダッドとアレキサンドリアにその源がある。
arugorizumu ni tayoru bubun ga ooi gendai no aitii kakumei wa, arabu isuramu bunmei to sono idai na gakumonjo datta bagudaddo to arekisandoria ni sono minamoto ga aru.
The entire modern information revolution, which is built to a large degree on algorithms, can trace its roots all the way back to Arab-Muslim civilization and the great learning centers of Baghdad and Alexandria.

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 依托 (yītuō)
Korean: 의지하다 (uijihada)