哀あい求きゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

pressing appeal; entreaty; appealing to pity

A formal or literary term for earnestly begging or making a heartfelt plea, often with an emotional or pitiful tone. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれは助たすけを求もとめて哀あい求きゅうした。

  He made a pressing appeal for help.

• その手て紙がみには深ふかい哀あい求きゅうの念ねんが込こめられていた。

  The letter was filled with a deep sense of entreaty.