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求める [ichi1]
【 もとめる [ichi1] 】
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to want
▶ to wish for
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1229330 求む【もとむ】 1. to want; to wish for
2. [v1,vt]
▶ to request
▶ to demand
▶ to require
▶ to ask for
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1229330 求む【もとむ】 2. to request; to demand
3. [v1,vt]
▶ to seek
▶ to search for
▶ to look for
▶ to pursue (pleasure)
▶ to hunt (a job)
▶ to find (a solution)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1229330 求む【もとむ】 3. to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)
4. [v1,vt] [pol]
▶ to purchase
▶ to buy
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1473740 買う 1. to buy; to purchase
  ⇐ see: 1229330 求む【もとむ】 4. to purchase; to buy

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2023-01-23 06:35:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5
  Comments: 
Could possibly be another sense.
  Diff: 
@@ -34 +34 @@
-<gloss>to find, derive or calculate a solution</gloss>
+<gloss>to find (a solution)</gloss>
5. A* 2023-01-22 13:25:50  mark dufour <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5
  Comments: 
I'm seeing this word a lot in a math book, and feel like it deserves more attention in this entry. in GG5 they also give some examples in this direction.
  Diff: 
@@ -33,0 +34 @@
+<gloss>to find, derive or calculate a solution</gloss>
4. A 2020-07-25 00:35:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2020-07-24 11:53:41  Frazer Robinson <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
wisdom
  Diff: 
@@ -22,0 +23,2 @@
+<gloss>to require</gloss>
+<gloss>to ask for</gloss>
@@ -28,0 +31 @@
+<gloss>to look for</gloss>
2. A 2011-04-13 02:16:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -37,1 +37,2 @@
-<gloss>to purchase, to buy</gloss>
+<gloss>to purchase</gloss>
+<gloss>to buy</gloss>
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