求める – Vocabulary details

求もとめる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to want; to wish for

2. to request; to demand; to require; to ask for

3. to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)

4. to purchase; to buy

Alt. forms

求もとめる

98%

もとめる

Kanji used

求

seek

Pitch accent

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Conjugations...Used in: 5397

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

買かい求もとめる

to buy

理り解かいを求もとめる

to ask for understanding

幸こう福ふくを求もとめる

to seek happiness; to pursue happiness

to entreat

to seek for

to pray for

to beg; to request; to demand; to entreat

活かつを求もとめる

to try to find a way out

比ひを求もとめる

to obtain the ratio

同どう気き相あい求もとめる

like minds gather

Examples (100 in total)

私わたしたちは平へい和わを求もとめている。

We are longing for peace.

彼かの女じょは富とみを求もとめている。

She is seeking wealth.

求もとめよ、さらば与あたえられん。

Ask, and it shall be given you.