頼 (Kanji for ask a favor)

Onyomi

RAI

Mnemonic

I wanted to ask you a favor -- can you carry this bundle on your head? It's really LIGHT.

Thanks!

Kunyomi

たの*む	to ask someone to do something for you. You can use this when ordering food at a restaraunt, but also when asking a favor from a friend. たのむ has the nuance that the person being asked can refuse. 1/2 KANA ★★★★☆
たの＊み	a favor, a request. ★★☆☆☆
( に or を ) たよ＊る	to trust or rely on someone: Say, you're robbing a bank and you get your friend to be the getaway driver. You have to count on him to actually be waiting when you get out of the bank. ★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

依頼(いらい) する

commission ★★☆☆☆
依 (depend on) + 頼 (ask a favor) = 依頼 (commission)

a request or commission. Not like 'Please pass the salt,' but like 'I'd like to hire you to make a custom suit' or to hire a lawyer or PR firm. Any relationship where you'd use the phrase "The client wants. . ... "is 依頼。

依頼人(いらいにん)

client ★☆☆☆☆ NP
依頼 (commission) + 人 (person) = 依頼人 (client)

信頼(しんらい)

trust ☆☆☆☆☆
信 (believe) + 頼 (ask a favor) = 信頼 (trust)

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
頼	ask a favor	HEAD	頭
額	amount of money / forehead	EACH	各
疎	shun	STOP	止

You ask a favor: that I give HEAD.

EACH of you asks for an amount of money.

So I shun you, I STOP talking to you.

頼 ask a favor

Onyomi

Mnemonic

Kunyomi

Jukugo

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