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► 動詞
請う  [(1)こう]  [乞う]  [liter]    meaning:  beg  rank: 3
☆ 彼女しを請うた ⇨ He begged her for forgiveness  (☛ 乞う is an alternative spelling)

泣き付く  [(3)なきつく]    meaning:  beg  rank: 3
☆ してくれと泣きついた ⇨ He cried and begged his parents to lend him some money  (☛ Used figuratively. Beg for something desperately in tears)

哀願  [あいがん]  [哀願する]    meaning:  beg  rank: 4
☆ けてくれと哀願した ⇨ He begged that he would be spared

懇願  [こんがん]  [懇願する]    meaning:  beg  rank: 4
☆ 社長計画承認してもらうよう懇願した ⇨ He implored the CEO to approve the project

托鉢  [たくはつ]  [托鉢する]    meaning:  beg  rank: 5
☆   (☛ Buddhist monks to walk around and beg for food as a part of training)

► 成句
御願い  [おねがい]  [御願いする]    meaning:  beg  rank: 1
☆ 御願いしますからけてさい ⇨ Help me I am begging you

  [(2)あたま]  [頭を下げる]    meaning:  beg  rank: 2
☆ 頭をげて仕事をもらった ⇨ I begged and got the job

► 名詞
乞食  [こじき]  [contempt]    meaning:  beg  rank: 3
☆ 周りには乞食が沢山いる ⇨ There are many panhandlers around the station

泣き  [(2)なき]  [泣きを入れる]  [coll]    meaning:  beg  rank: 4
☆ した相手が泣きをれてきた ⇨ The person I had lent some money cried and begged

物乞い  [ものごい]    meaning:  beg  rank: 4
☆ は物乞いをするまで落ちぶれた ⇨ He has fallen so far as to beg on the street