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請い求める (こいもとめる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

請こい求もとめる

Meanings

1

ichidan verb

beg; entreat; implore; request earnestly

A strong, earnest request, often with a sense of desperation or deep need. More intense than 頼む or お願いする. Can be used for begging, pleading, or demanding with urgency.

See also: 懇願 · 請う

彼かれは助たすけを請こい求もとめた。
He begged for help.

彼かの女じょは許ゆるしを請こい求もとめるように彼かれの前まえにひざまずいた。

She knelt before him as if begging for forgiveness.

Kanji

請solicit, invite, ask
求request, want, wish for

Similar words

頼たのむ
頼む is a general verb for asking or requesting a favor, while 請い求める implies a more desperate or earnest plea.
懇こん願がんする
懇願する also means to entreat or implore, but is a する-verb and often used in formal or written contexts. 請い求める can feel more direct and emotional.

Etymology

Compound of 請い (continuative form of 請う, 'to request') and 求める ('to seek'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination intensifies the sense of seeking or asking.