リクエストrikuesuto

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrequest
    そんなことリクエストしていません。↗
    I didn't request you to do that.
Conjugation
Dictionary formリクエストする
Polite (masu)リクエストします
Negative (nai)リクエストしない
polite (masen)リクエストしません
classical zu / nuリクエストせず・リクエストせぬ
Past (ta)リクエストした
polite (mashita)リクエストしました
Past negative (nakatta)リクエストしなかった
polite (masen deshita)リクエストしませんでした
Te formリクエストして
Potentialリクエストできる
Passiveリクエストされる
Causativeリクエストさせる
Causative passiveリクエストさせられる
Conditional (ba)リクエストすれば
taraリクエストしたら
Volitionalリクエストしよう
polite (mashou)リクエストしましょう
Imperativeリクエストしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym要請ようせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Used when governments or organizations formally call on someone to act, as in 「出動を要請する」; 「リクエスト」 is a personal wish or song request.
  • Synonym依頼いらいNeutralAsking or commissioning someone to do something, as in 「仕事を依頼する」; 「リクエスト」 is about voicing a wish, including song requests.
  • Synonym求めるもとめるNeutralA verb: to want, seek or demand something; 「リクエスト」 is a noun leaning toward voicing a wish.
  • Synonym請求せいきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Claiming something as a rightful due, and also billing, as in 「請求書」; 「リクエスト」 carries no sense of entitlement.
  • Synonym注文ちゅうもんNeutralOrdering goods or food, and by extension stating conditions; 「リクエスト」 is a general request expressing a wish.
  • Synonym要求ようきゅうNeutralA strong demand that someone do something, with a coercive edge; 「リクエスト」 is mild in tone.
  • Synonym要望ようぼうNeutralVoicing your wish that something be done, as in 「要望書」; 「リクエスト」 is more colloquial and also covers song requests.
  • Synonym頼むたのむCasualColloquial verb, the everyday way to ask a favor, also for ordering food; 「リクエスト」 is a noun.
  • Synonym頼みたのみCasualColloquial. A favor you ask of someone, as in 「頼みがある」, and also reliance; 「リクエスト」 leans toward song requests and wishes.
  • Related注文ちゅうもんNeutralOrdering goods or food, and by extension stating conditions; 「リクエスト」 is a general request expressing a wish.
  • Related申し出もうしでNeutralA proposal or offer you come forward with on your own initiative; 「リクエスト」 is a request you put to someone else.
  • Related頼みたのみCasualColloquial. A favor you ask of someone, as in 「頼みがある」, and also reliance; 「リクエスト」 leans toward song requests and wishes.
  • Related嘆願たんがんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Earnestly petitioning after laying out the circumstances, as in 「嘆願書」; far more pleading than 「リクエスト」.
  • Related懇請こんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A heartfelt, sincere request, mostly in formal documents; 「リクエスト」 is light and casual by comparison.
  • Related願いねがいNeutralA wish or desire, and sometimes a request; 「リクエスト」 is about explicitly putting a request to someone.
  • Related催促さいそくNeutralUrging someone to fulfill an agreement, such as a payment; 「リクエスト」 merely expresses a wish.
  • Related懇願こんがんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Begging earnestly from the heart; far stronger than 「リクエスト」.
  • RelatedデマンドNeutralLoanword for demand or need, as in electricity demand; 「リクエスト」 is an individual request.
  • Related申請しんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Formally filing an application with an office, employer or school, as in 「休暇を申請する」; 「リクエスト」 is a general request.
  • Related求めもとめNeutralA demand or request, and also a purchase, as in 「お求めの品」; 「リクエスト」 leans toward song requests and personal wishes.
  • Related所望しょもうWrittenWritten/formal prose with an old-fashioned air: wishing to obtain something, as in 「ご所望の品」; 「リクエスト」 is more everyday.
  • Relatedお願い事おねがいごとCasualColloquial. Something you want to ask of someone; 「リクエスト」 leans toward song requests and voicing wishes.

Use 「リクエスト」 for song requests or voicing a personal wish. To ask someone to do something, use 「頼む」 or 「依頼」. For formal calls to action, 「要請」 and 「要望」; for strong demands, 「要求」; for claiming something as a right, 「請求」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 要望ようぼう。要求ようきゅう。
  2. 自分じぶんが希望きぼうする楽曲がっきょくなどの要望ようぼう。
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