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) たよる (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「頼る」

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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))

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

Derived terms

頼(たよ)り (tayori)

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