頼り

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
頼
たよ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
賴り (kyūjitai)

Nominalized form of verb 頼る (tayoru, “to rely on”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) たより [táꜜyòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠jo̞ɾʲi]

Noun edit

頼(たよ)り • (tayori)

reliance

Idioms edit

頼(たよ)りになる (tayori ni naru, “to be reliable”)

Related terms edit

頼(たよ)る (tayoru)
便(たよ)り (tayori)

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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