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jmdict 1548400 Active (id: 2055545)
頼りない [ichi1] 頼り無い
たよりない [ichi1]
1. [adj-i]
▶ unreliable
▶ undependable
▶ indefinite
▶ vague
2. [adj-i]
▶ helpless
▶ forlorn
▶ forsaken
3. [adj-i]
▶ worried
▶ uneasy

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2020-01-05 21:02:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr, GG5
  Comments:
I'll add those. The refs are clearly taking different positions.
  Diff:
@@ -27,0 +28,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<gloss>worried</gloss>
+<gloss>uneasy</gloss>
+</sense>
3. A* 2019-12-30 02:06:58  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr's second sense is: 
心細い。不安だ。心もとない。 「一人では-・いから二人で行く」
I don't think "helpless, forlorn, forsaken" are good translations for the actual use in daijr's example sentence. 
How about "worried; uneasy"?
2. A 2017-06-13 08:03:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2017-06-10 11:39:41  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
  Comments:
Split into senses.
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>flaky</gloss>
+<gloss>indefinite</gloss>
@@ -20,0 +21,3 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -22,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>forsaken</gloss>

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