ちょうだい

ちょうだい · choudai · JLPT N3 · noun

typically used by children or women --

🤲 頂戴 = crown of head + carry on it: take a gift with a bow

Written 頂戴: 頂 is the top of the head and 戴 means to carry on it. The word comes from the old custom of lifting a gift above your head to receive it humbly. Today it is a soft way to ask for something, as in お菓子ちょうだい!, gimme some sweets!

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