頼る
たよる · tayoru
To rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 頼りますたよります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 頼りませんたよりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 頼りましたたよりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 頼りませんでしたたよりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 頼りましょうたよりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 頼りたより |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 頼りたいたよりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 頼りながらたよりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 頼ってたよって |
| Plain past (た形) | 頼ったたよった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 頼ったらたよったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 頼っているたよっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 頼らないたよらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 頼らなかったたよらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 頼らなくてたよらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 頼れるたよれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 頼ればたよれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 頼れたよれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 頼ろうたよろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 頼られるたよられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 頼らせるたよらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 頼らされるたよらされる |
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What does 頼る mean?
To rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help).
How do you pronounce 頼る?
たよる (tayoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 頼る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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