JLPT N5 · Verb

頼む (tanomu)

頼む (たのむ, tanomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to request; to beg”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たのむ
Romaji: tanomu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to request; to beg; to ask · godan verb, transitive
to call; to order; to reserve · godan verb, transitive
to entrust to · godan verb, transitive
to rely on · godan verb, transitive · esp. 恃む
please; please do; help me out here · interjection · colloquial

Example sentences

あなたに頼んでもよろしいですか。

May I request a favour of you?

Tatoeba #233649

私が頼んだものがまだ届いていません。

I'm still waiting for my order.

Tatoeba #167381

田中さんのことを頼むよ。

Take care of Mr. Tanaka for me!

Tatoeba #74709

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 頼む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	頼む	たのむ tanomu
Polite (~masu)	頼みます	たのみます tanomimasu
Negative	頼まない	たのまない tanomanai
Polite negative	頼みません	たのみません tanomimasen
Past	頼んだ	たのんだ tanonda
Polite past	頼みました	たのみました tanomimashita
Negative past	頼まなかった	たのまなかった tanomanakatta
Te-form	頼んで	たのんで tanonde
Potential	頼める	たのめる tanomeru
Passive	頼まれる	たのまれる tanomareru
Causative	頼ませる	たのませる tanomaseru
Volitional	頼もう	たのもう tanomou
Imperative	頼め	たのめ tanome
Conditional (~ba)	頼めば	たのめば tanomeba

Kanji in 頼む

頼

trust, requestライ・たの.む・たの.もしい · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 頼む.

信頼しんらいtrust (in)依頼いらいrequest頼るたよるto rely on頼もしいたのもしいreliable

Source: JMdict entry 1548370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.