Kana: たのむ
Kanji: 頼む
Romaji: tanomu

Type: verb

Meaning: to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to entrust

Example sentences:

頼む、俺を助けてくれ。
I beg you, please save me.
tanomu, ore o tasukete kure.

 

もう君にしか頼めない。
You’re the only one I can count on.
mou kimi ni shika tanomenai.

 

妹に口を閉じておけと頼むのは無理な相談だとは思う。
I suppose that asking my sister to keep her mouth shut is asking the impossible.
imouto ni kuchi o tojite oke to tanomu no wa muri na soudan da towa omou.

 

そう言えと彼に頼まれたな？
He asked you to say that, didn’t he?
sou ie to kare ni tanomareta na.

 

私が頼めば、もちろん彼も一緒に来てくれるでしょう。
He would come with me of course, if I asked him.
watashi ga tanomeba, mochiron kare no issho ni kite kureru deshou.

 

ヒジリからアパートを借りてくれと頼まれました。
Hijiri asked me to rent an apartment for him.
hijiri kara apaato o karite kure to tanomaremashita.

 

あなたに頼んだのは、すごく簡単なことを一つだけよ。
I asked you to do one simple thing!
anata ni tanonda no wa, sugoku kantan na koto o hitotsu dake yo.

 

あなたは行かなくていい。ぼくにはそんなこと頼めない。
You don’t have to go. I can’t ask that of you.
anata wa ikanakute ii. boku ni wa sonna koto tanomenai.

 

頼むから、ほんとうはどう思ってるのか教えてくれないか？
Tell me what you’re really thinking, please.
tanomu kara, hontou wa dou omotteru no ka oshiete kurenai ka.

 

来てくれと頼んだのは、そうすれば、きみの生き生きとした姿を見られるからだ。
I asked you to come so I could watch you live.
kite kure to tanonda no wa, sou sureba, kimi no ikiiki toshita sugata o mirareru kara da.

 

Similar words:

願う (negau); 求める (motomeru)

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 请求 (qǐngqiú)
Korean: 부탁하다 (butaghada)
French: demander
Spanish: pedir
German: bitten
Italian: chiedere

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