Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation ねだる · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary ねだる ねだらない Polite ねだります ねだりません Past polite ねだりました ねだりませんでした Past ねだった ねだらなかった Te-form ねだって ねだらないで Desire ねだりたい ねだりたくない Potential ねだれる ねだれない Passive ねだられる ねだられない Causative ねだらせる ねだらせない Causative passive ねだらせられる also ねだらされる ねだらせられない also ねだらされない Volitional ねだろう Polite volitional ねだりましょう Imperative ねだれ ねだるな Conditional ねだれば ねだらなければ Tara conditional ねだったら ねだらなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 物もの 〉 をねだる to beg/pester someone for something
My daughter pestered her father for a new toy.
泣な いてねだる to beg while crying
My little brother cried and begged for sweets.
〈 物もの 〉 を 買か ってとねだる to beg someone to buy something
The child begged to have a game bought for him.
Related words· 6 せがむ and ねだる both mean to pester someone for something, but せがむ often sounds even more childish or whiny.
頼む is a neutral, straightforward request, while ねだる implies persistent, often childish begging.
催促する means to press someone to do something (like pay a debt) in a formal, businesslike way, whereas ねだる is about whiny, personal begging for something desired.
ねだる means to pester or beg persistently for a specific thing, whereas 甘える describes a broader attitude of dependence or affection-seeking that may or may not involve asking for something concrete.
Show 2 more Show fewer ねだる means to wheedle or coax someone into giving something, a milder and often affectionate act compared to the shameless freeloading of たかる .
ねだる specifically means to pester or beg someone verbally for something, while 欲しがる just describes the state of wanting or appearing to want it.
Written forms Applies to each form listed below
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
ねだる Usage 84%
Usually written in kana. The kanji form 強請る is a gikun/jukujikun reading and is rare.
強請ねだ る Usage 16%
Gikun/jukujikun kanji form; rarely used and may be unfamiliar to many readers.
Etymology The origin is uncertain. The kanji 強請る is a jukujikun reading, where the characters mean 'strong' and 'request', but the word itself is native Japanese.
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