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jmdict 1289840 Active (id: 2197646)
懇願 [spec2,news2,nf40]
こんがん [spec2,news2,nf40]
1. [n,vs,vt]
▶ pleading
▶ entreaty
▶ supplication
▶ petition
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2553620 請い求める【こいもとめる】 1. to beg; to request; to demand; to entreat

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2022-07-21 09:52:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2022-07-21 08:14:18  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9bfc62c5de0a7972d73548a6abaf2cc6a0b15c43
恵さんの夫の父・信夫さん(仮名・70代)は、「私は献金について反対をしてきた」と語る。それでも、息子夫婦から懇願され、気がつけば入信させられていたという。これまでの献金総額について聞くと、「家族全体でいったいいくら払ったか定かではない」と嘆息した。
  Comments:
I've seen this word twice recently and I thought "pleading" seemed like a better translation than our current glosses in both cases
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>pleading</gloss>
1. A 2021-11-18 00:50:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Meikyo vt and vi additions to n,vs entries
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>

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