Keyword
seek
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1004
Readings
もと
(67%)
Composed of
droplet
one
water splash
Mnemonic

You seek where that one droplet splashed in the water.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
rescue
sphere
furball
leather clothing
Used in vocabulary (172 in total)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
marriage proposal; courtship
to search for; to seek for; to look for
search; quest; pursuit
courting; wooing; making advances
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
to answer a request
request; appeal; claim; purchase
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to want; to seek; to request
to ask for understanding
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
longing; great desire; aspiration
need for social approval and self-esteem
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
investigator; one who seeks the way
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
seeking after truth
courtship behavior (animals)
help wanted advertisements
to seek happiness; to pursue happiness
petition for retrial; appeal for retrial
amount billed or claimed
job hunting; seeking employment
appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)
to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation
job vacancy information; recruitment information
appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
written request; requisition
job advertisement
type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)
request for (written) information; document request
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
affordable; economical
request for budgetary appropriations
false invoice; false billing
pursuit of profits; profit-seeking
introverted; introspective, self-examining; centripetal
formal demand for disciplinary measures against a lawyer
jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)
earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
formal objection (to an administrative disposition); request for examination (of a patent); request for administrative review
to beg; to request; to demand; to entreat
closing argument and sentencing recommendation (of a prosecutor)
exaction of heavy taxes; imposing oppressive taxes
oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
direct claim to a local government
longing; great desire; aspiration
ratio of job openings to job applicants
job opening-to-application ratio; job-offers-seekers ratio
improper billing; illegal charge; false claims (e.g. for health insurance reimbursement)
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
making a pressing appeal; appealing to pity
customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers
the pain of not getting what one seeks
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
claimant; requester
labor shortage; labour shortage
situation-wanted advertisement
to obtain the ratio
ask, and it shall be given you
to try to find a way out
affordable; economical
to meet (one's) demands
claim for damages
request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session
heart seeking knowledge; thirst for knowledge
to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; (lit.) to look for fish by climbing a tree
employer; someone hunting for workers
right to the pursuit of happiness
call number (e.g. of a book in a library)
requester; requesting SS user
multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus)
to meet (one's) demands
inquiring the Buddha way
redemption; recourse
redemption; recourse
to meet (one's) demands
budgetary request guidelines; ceiling for budget requests
to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; (lit.) to look for fish by climbing a tree
finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation
resident audit request to local government authority
overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must
quadrature; stereometry
type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)
billing address (e.g. credit card)
claim (esp. in a patent)
claim (esp. in a patent)
afferent nerve; afferent neuron; afferent
right of recourse; right for redemption
right of recourse; right for redemption
pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others
practical search for the truth
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
to be nitpicky; to be fault-finding
demand; requirement
Examples (200 in total)
One can't expect everything from schools.
What are they after?
She doesn't know what she really wants.