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頼む

たのむ

to ask, to request

Mnemonic

You hand the entire bundle of it over for somebody else to carry. The same tan たの as 楽しい with a moo む on the end, and it is their problem now: たのむ.

Worth knowing

Asking somebody to do something. 聞く きく is asking a question.

Built from

rely, request
束 bundle + 頁 head

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