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trust
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingライ
Kun readingたの.む、たの.もしい、たよ.る
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. trustRtK
    彼は忙しいからと私の頼みを断った。He declined my request, saying that he was busy.tatoeba
  2. request
    彼に頼っておけばいい。You can rely on him.tatoeba
    死後の弔ひ頼むぞや、Live on and comfort my spirit.wiki
  1. to request
  2. to beg
  3. to ask
  4. to call
  5. to order

Popular Usage

頼む依頼信頼

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bundle · Chaplin · tree (木) · wood (木) · mouth (口) · head (首) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1794

Compound words

頼むたのむ
to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order
依頼いらい
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
信頼しんらい
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
頼るたよる
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
源頼朝みなもとのよりとも
Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199), first shogun and founder of the Kamakura shogunate.
依頼するいらいする
to request
信頼するしんらいする
to trust
頼りたより
reliance; dependence
頼みたのみ
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence
信頼性しんらいせい
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
頼もしいたのもしい
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; reassuring; hopeful
頼りないたよりない
unreliable; undependable; indefinite; vague; helpless
家頼けらい
retainer
無頼ぶらい
rogue, ruffian
依頼者いらいしゃ
client
依頼状いらいじょう
written request
依頼心いらいしん
spirit of dependence
空頼みそらだのみ
vain hope
頼れるたよれる
そら頼みそらだのみ
vain hope
阿頼耶識あらやしき
alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)
信頼区間しんらいくかん
confidence interval
信頼係数しんらいけいすう
confidence coefficient
信頼醸成しんらいじょうせい
trust building

Kun Reading Examples

彼は、黒人たちが暴力に頼らずとも平等な権利を勝ち取れると信じていた。たよる
He believed that Black people could win their fight for equal rights without violence.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は弁護士を信頼していた。
He trusted his defense attorney.tatoeba
彼は頼りになる男だ。
He's a man you can rely on.tatoeba
彼は父に、その店へつれていってくれるように頼んだ。
He asked his father to take him to the store.tatoeba
7月6日、友人の賀古鶴所に遺言の代筆を頼む。
On July 6, he asked a friend Tsuruto KAKO to write down his will for him.wiki

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