頼
ライ, たの.む, たの.もしい, たよ.る, よち, より
trust, request
JLPT3 G7 S16 F708
束 here an abbreviated form# of 剌 (sharp) + an element combining 貝 commodities and a variant of 人 person → person who suffers a sharp reduction in circumstances, and pleads for material relief → *ask*; *request* → *entrust*; *depend/rely on*; *count on*. Also, *call in/on* (a specialist), *dependable* and *reliable*.
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