Lingaku求む【もとむ】
Frequency rank: 31,637. – 31,911.
- to want; to wish foroften now as ...(を)求むsee also 求める
- to request; to demandarchaismsee also 求める
- to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)archaismsee also 求める
- to purchase; to buypolite (teineigo) languagearchaismsee also 求める
Nidan verb (lower class) with 'mu' ending (archaic); transitive verb
Forms
- 求む【もとむ】Frequency rank: 31,637. – 31,911.
- もとむ
Example sentences
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The job advertisement specifically requested females.
Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
3. もとめよ求めよ、さらばあたへ与へられん。たずねよ尋ねよ、さらばみいださ見出さん。もんをたたけ門を叩け、さらばひらかれ開かれん。すべてもとむる求むるもの者はえ得、たづぬるもの者はみいだし見いだし、もんをたたく門をたたくもの者はひらか開かるるなり。
Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.