JLPT N3 · Verb

頼る (tayoru)

頼る (たよる, tayoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to rely on; to depend on”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たよる
Romaji: tayoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help) · godan verb, intransitive, transitive

Example sentences

あまり人に頼ってはいけない。

Don't rely too much on others.

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

Conjugation of 頼る

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	頼る	たよる tayoru
Polite (~masu)	頼ります	たよります tayorimasu
Negative	頼らない	たよらない tayoranai
Polite negative	頼りません	たよりません tayorimasen
Past	頼った	たよった tayotta
Polite past	頼りました	たよりました tayorimashita
Negative past	頼らなかった	たよらなかった tayoranakatta
Te-form	頼って	たよって tayotte
Potential	頼れる	たよれる tayoreru
Passive	頼られる	たよられる tayorareru
Causative	頼らせる	たよらせる tayoraseru
Volitional	頼ろう	たよろう tayorou
Imperative	頼れ	たよれ tayore
Conditional (~ba)	頼れば	たよれば tayoreba

Kanji in 頼る

頼

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 頼る.

頼むたのむto request信頼しんらいtrust (in)依頼いらいrequest頼もしいたのもしいreliable

Source: JMdict entry 1597200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.