頼む: to request
頼む tanomu
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to
JLPT N5Everyday actions
頼む tanomu
ask; request
JLPT N5Thinking & talking
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
友達に手伝いを頼みました。
I asked a friend for help.
「物も言い様で角が立つぞ。もう少し柔らかく頼めないのか。」
"How you say it can ruffle feathers. Can't you ask a bit more gently?"
母が泣いてカミムスヒに頼むと、カミムスヒは、キサガイヒメとウムギヒメという二人の貝の女神を送りました。
His mother wept and asked Kamimusuhi for help, and Kamimusuhi sent two shell goddesses, Kisagai-hime and Umugi-hime.
From the lesson 大国主の試練と根の国