JLPT N1 · Verb

ねだる (nedaru)

ねだる is a Japanese verb meaning “to beg; to pester”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ねだる
Romaji
nedaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼は父にねだってとうとう新車を買ってもらった。
He finally talked his father into buying a new car.

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

Conjugation of ねだる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryねだるねだる nedaru
Polite (~masu)ねだりますねだります nedarimasu
Negativeねだらないねだらない nedaranai
Polite negativeねだりませんねだりません nedarimasen
Pastねだったねだった nedatta
Polite pastねだりましたねだりました nedarimashita
Negative pastねだらなかったねだらなかった nedaranakatta
Te-formねだってねだって nedatte
Potentialねだれるねだれる nedareru
Passiveねだられるねだられる nedarareru
Causativeねだらせるねだらせる nedaraseru
Volitionalねだろうねだろう nedarou
Imperativeねだれねだれ nedare
Conditional (~ba)ねだればねだれば nedareba

Source: JMdict entry 1236410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.