Lingaku頼み【たのみ】
Frequency rank: 5,672. – 5,674.
- request; favor; favour
- reliance; dependence; trust; hope
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- request; favor; favour
- reliance; dependence; trust; hope
This meaning refers to asking someone to do something or providing assistance in a social context.
This meaning highlights a sense of expectation or reliance on someone or something, suggesting confidence or trust in a situation or individual.
I am relying on him.
Generated collocations (experimental)
たのみ頼みをするto make a requestたのみ頼みがあるto have a favor to askたのみごと頼みごとa request; a favorたのみごと頼みごとをするto make a request; to ask for a favorたのみ頼みにするto rely on; to depend onたのみ頼みをきいて聞いてもらうto have one's request grantedゆうじん友人にたのみ頼みをするto ask a favor from a friendたのみ頼みをことわる断るto turn down a requestたのみ頼みをうける受けるto accept a requestたのみ頼みにこたえる応えるto respond to a request
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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If it's a request from you, I'm hardly likely to be able to turn you down flat.
An international trade ban could be the last straw for that country's economy.