No. 931 in Japanese
頼ん
The Japanese word "頼ん" (tanon) is the stem form of the verb "頼む" (tanomu), meaning "to request" or "to ask."
In a sentence
この問題の解き方を先生に頼んだ。
I asked the teacher for help solving this problem.
頼ん here means 'to ask for assistance' or 'to request' from someone.
友達に荷物を頼んでおいた。
I requested my friend to handle my baggage.
頼ん in this sentence is used to mean 'to entrust with a task' or 'to make a request' for a favor.
君を信じて、この仕事を頼んだ。
Believing in you, I entrusted you with this job.
Here, 頼ん conveys the meaning of 'to entrust' someone with a responsibility, showing trust in their capability.
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