Illustration: In a neighborhood toy shop, a child tugs firmly at her father's sleeve with one hand while stretching the other toward a small wind-up penguin on a low shelf. She leans backward to keep him from moving on, eyebrows raised and lips pursed in an exaggerated plea.

ねだる

nedaru

to beg for, to pester for

Example sentences

彼かれは父ちちにねだってとうとう新車しんしゃを買かってもらった。
He finally talked his father into buying a new car.
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子供こどもたちはたびたびお金かねをねだってくる。
Children often ask me for money.
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あいつ、いつも親おやにお金かねをねだってるんだ。
That guy is always asking his parents for money.
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