頼む
たのむ · tanomu · JLPT N5 · verb-godan
to ask
🙏 tanomu: a TAN-faced NOMad asking you for a favor
Sound-alike: ta-no-mu ≈ tan nomad, a traveler who must ask favors to get by. The kanji 頼 means rely or trust — to request is to lean on someone. Common set phrase: 頼むよ (tanomu yo) = I am counting on you.