Illustration: In a supermarket toy aisle, a child presses a small toy excavator against their chest while tugging insistently at a parent’s sleeve. Their face is lifted in exaggerated pleading, knees bent as they lean their full weight backward.

せがむ

segamu

to pester, to beg for

Example sentences

その子こは母親ははおやにキャンデーをせがんだ。
The child begged his mother for candy.
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彼かれは父親ちちおやに自転車じてんしゃを買かってくれとせがんだ。
He begged his father to buy him a bicycle.
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ジミーは動物園どうぶつえんに連つれて行いってと私わたしにせがんだ。
Jimmy insisted on my taking him to the zoo.
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