リクエストrikuesuto
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- 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.
- 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」.
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