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求める (もとめる): to request, to ask for; to seek, to search for — Japanese vocabulary

求める is read もとめる and means "to request, to ask for; to seek, to search for". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

求める

Reading
もとめる · motomeru
Translation
to request, to ask for; to seek, to search for
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
もとめるが

Example

彼は職を求めて東京へやって来た。

かれはしょくをもとめてとうきょうへやってきた。

He came to Tokyo in search of employment.

Kanji in this word

  • 求 — request, seek

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