頼る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
頼
たよ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
賴る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「頼る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		頼る たよる
Imperative (命令形) 頼れ たよれ
Key constructions
Passive 頼られる たよられる
Causative 頼らせる たよらせる
Potential 頼れる たよれる
Volitional 頼ろう たよろー
Negative 頼らない たよらない
Negative perfective 頼らなかった たよらなかった
Formal 頼ります たよります
Perfective 頼った たよった
Conjunctive 頼って たよって
Hypothetical conditional 頼れば たよれば

Verb

頼(たよ)る • (tayoru) transitive godan (stem 頼(たよ)り (tayori), past 頼(たよ)った (tayotta))

  1. rely, depend; count on

Conjugation

Conjugation of "頼る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 頼ら たよら tayora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 頼り たより tayori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 頼る たよる tayoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 頼る たよる tayoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 頼れ たよれ tayore
Meireikei ("imperative") 頼れ たよれ tayore
Key constructions
Passive 頼られる たよられる tayorareru
Causative 頼らせる
頼らす 		たよらせる
たよらす 		tayoraseru
tayorasu
Potential 頼れる たよれる tayoreru
Volitional 頼ろう たよろう tayorō
Negative 頼らない たよらない tayoranai
Negative continuative 頼らず たよらず tayorazu
Formal 頼ります たよります tayorimasu
Perfective 頼った たよった tayotta
Conjunctive 頼って たよって tayotte
Hypothetical conditional 頼れば たよれば tayoreba

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