頼り

Japanese

Etymology

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

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

Noun

頼(たよ)り • (tayori)

reliance

Idioms

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

Related terms

頼(たよ)る (tayoru)
便(たよ)り (tayori)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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