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乞う [spec2] ； 請う [news2,nf26]
【 こう [spec2,news2,nf26] 】
1. [v5u-s,vt]
▶ to beg
▶ to ask
▶ to request
▶ to invite
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2553620 請い求める【こいもとめる】 1. to beg; to request; to demand; to entreat
2. [v5u-s,vt]
▶ to pray
▶ to wish

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2022-05-05 04:43:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
It probably should.
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_pri>spec2</ke_pri>
@@ -11 +11,0 @@
-<ke_pri>spec2</ke_pri>
6. A* 2022-05-03 10:00:37  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
was the spec2 intended for 乞う, which comes first?
5. A 2022-05-03 00:53:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Odd UTF-8 character got in.
  Diff: 
@@ -31 +31 @@
-<gloss>to wish​</gloss>
+<gloss>to wish</gloss>
4. A 2022-05-02 22:55:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-05-02 22:54:51  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
* adding a second sense
  daijr: 「②願いの叶（かな）うよう神仏に祈る。」
  daijs: 「② 神仏に祈り求める。」
  I took the glosses from our entry for 祈る

* moving 乞う to the first position
  All of my references lead with 請う except for koji 6e, which
  leads with 乞う. The n-gram counts favor 乞う.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
    95,597	 15.9%	請う
   505,474	 84.1%	乞う
29,857,319	   -  	こう

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
385,157	 82.6%	乞うご期待
 66,293	 14.2%	こうご期待
 13,772	  3.0%	請うご期待
  1,008	  0.2%	こうごきたい
  Diff: 
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>乞う</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -9,3 +11,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>乞う</keb>
@@ -26,0 +27,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u-s;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to pray</gloss>
+<gloss>to wish​</gloss>
+</sense>
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