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強請ねだ

gikun or jukujikunusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

to beg, to pester, to plead, to coax, to hound, to importune

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Example sentences

子供こどもがおもちゃをってくれとしつこくねだっている。

The child is persistently pestering (someone) to buy them a toy.

彼女かのじょ父親ちちおやあたらしいスマートフォンをねだった

She coaxed her father into getting her a new smartphone.

いくらねだっても、はは高価こうかなブランドひんってくれなかった。

No matter how much I pleaded, my mother would not buy me expensive brand-name goods.

おとうと祖父そふ小遣こづかいをねだるのが得意とくいだ。

My younger brother is good at wheedling pocket money out of our grandfather.

子供こどもころ海外かいがい旅行りょこうれてってほしいと両親りょうしんねだりつづけたが、結局けっきょくかなわなかった。

When I was a child, I kept imploring my parents to take me on an overseas trip, but it never came to pass.