ねだる・強請るnedaru[0]heiban (flat)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | ねだる |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | ねだります |
| Negative (nai) | ねだらない |
| polite (masen) | ねだりません |
| classical zu / nu | ねだらず・ねだらぬ |
| Past (ta) | ねだった |
| polite (mashita) | ねだりました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | ねだらなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | ねだりませんでした |
| Te form | ねだって |
| Potential | ねだれる |
| Passive | ねだられる |
| Causative | ねだらせる |
| Causative passive | ねだらせられる・ねだらされる |
| Conditional (ba) | ねだれば |
| tara | ねだったら |
| Volitional | ねだろう |
| polite (mashou) | ねだりましょう |
| Imperative | ねだれ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- SynonymせびるCasualColloquial: pestering someone for money, as in 「小遣いをせびる」. It carries a shameless nuance and is more insistent than 「ねだる」.
- Related搾り取るしぼりとるNeutralSqueezing or wringing something out of someone, as in 「税金を搾り取る」. It implies forcibly draining someone dry, not coaxing or begging.
- Related脅し取るおどしとるWrittenWritten/formal prose: extorting money or goods by intimidation; an overtly criminal act.
- Relatedゆすり取るゆすりとるWrittenWritten/formal prose: blackmailing or shaking someone down. Also written 「強請り取る」, sharing kanji with 「ねだる」 but meaning intimidation, not coaxing.
- Antonym与えるあたえるNeutralTo give or grant something to someone; the opposite of 「ねだる」, which is asking to receive.
- Antonym贈るおくるNeutralTo give something as a gift or present; the opposite of the begging and coaxing of 「ねだる」.
Use 「ねだる」 to coax or pester something out of someone, as in 「おもちゃをねだる」. Say 「せびる」 for shamelessly demanding money, 「搾り取る」 for squeezing someone dry, and 「脅し取る」 or 「ゆすり取る」 for extortion by threats. The opposites are 「与える」 and 「贈る」.
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