頼たのもしい

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頼もしい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	頼たのもしい	頼たのもしくない
Polite	頼たのもしいです	頼たのもしくないですalso 頼たのもしくありません
Past polite	頼たのもしかったです	頼たのもしくなかったですalso 頼たのもしくありませんでした
Past	頼たのもしかった	頼たのもしくなかった
Te-form	頼たのもしくて	頼たのもしくなくて
Adverbial	頼たのもしく
Conditional	頼たのもしければ	頼たのもしくなければ
Tara conditional	頼たのもしかったら	頼たのもしくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

reliable; dependable; trustworthy

Describes a person, attitude, or thing that inspires confidence and can be counted on.

彼かれはとても頼たのもしいリーダーだ。
He is a very reliable leader.
頼たのもしい仲なか間まがいて心こころ強づよい。
Having dependable companions is reassuring.

i-adjective

promising; hopeful

Used for someone or something that shows great potential for the future, often a younger person or a new endeavor.

あの新しん人じんはなかなか頼たのもしい。
That new employee is quite promising.
頼たのもしい若わか手てが育そだってきた。
Promising young talents have been developing.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が頼たのもしいsomeone is reliable/dependable
彼かれはいつも冷れい静せいで頼たのもしい。
He's always calm and dependable.
〈人ひと〉の成せい長ちょうが頼たのもしいsomeone's growth or progress is promising
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんの成せい長ちょうが頼たのもしい。
The new employee's growth is promising.
頼たのもしく思おもうto find someone/something reassuring
息子むすこの頑がん張ばる姿すがたを頼たのもしく思おもった。
I felt reassured seeing my son work so hard.

Kanji

頼trust, request
母mother

Related words

心こころ強づよいN2sense 1
心強い describes feeling reassured or encouraged by something, while 頼もしい focuses on the quality of a person or thing that inspires confidence.
有ゆう望ぼうN2sense 2
有望 is a detached, evaluative term for future prospects, while 頼もしい expresses a warmer personal feeling of hope and confidence in someone's potential.
力ちから強づよいN2
頼もしい centers on trust in someone's reliability, while 力強い in this sense adds a feeling of being emotionally bolstered or encouraged.
凛り々りしいN1
頼もしい describes someone as reliable or promising, whereas 凛々しい focuses on a striking, noble appearance rather than trustworthiness.
強つよいN5
強い can describe someone dependable in a tough, capable sense, while 頼もしい focuses purely on the reassuring, trustworthy feeling that person or thing gives.

Opposites

頼たよりないN1sense 1
頼りない describes someone or something unreliable and lacking confidence-inspiring qualities, the direct opposite of 頼もしい.

Don't confuse with

勇いさましいN2
頼もしい means reliable or promising (someone you can depend on), whereas 勇ましい specifically praises bravery or a rousing, spirited quality.
頼たのみN1
頼み is a noun meaning a request or reliance, while 頼もしい is an adjective meaning 'reliable, promising' and cannot be used as a request.

Word family

末すえ頼たのもしい
promising; full of promise

Written forms

頼たのもしいUsage86%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
たのもしいUsage14%
頼たの母もしいUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in modern writing.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 頼む (たのむ, 'to request, rely on') with the adjectival suffix しい, expressing a state of being able to be relied upon. The kanji 頼 carries the meaning of 'trust' or 'rely'.