求むる

もとむる

to want, to seek, to request

同気相求む

どうきあいもとむ

like minds gather

木に縁って魚を求む

きによってうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)

毛を吹いて疵を求む

けをふいてきずをもとむ

to be nitpicky; to be fault-finding

舟に刻みて剣を求む

ふねにきざみてけんをもとむ

to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing

木に縁りて魚を求む

きによりてうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree

舟に刻して剣を求む

ふねにこくしてけんをもとむ

to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing

遡求

そきゅう そ きゅう

redemption, recourse

欣求

ごんぐ

earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)

勤求

ごんぐ つとむもとめ

inquiring the Buddha way

求償

きゅうしょう

claim for damages

請求

せいきゅう

claim, demand, charge, application, request, billing (for a service)

要求

ようきゅう

demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire

求肥

ぎゅうひ

type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)

求人

きゅうじん

offer of job (situation)

探求

たんきゅう

search, quest, pursuit

求積

きゅうせき もとめせき

mensuration

求婚

きゅうこん

marriage proposal, courtship

追求

ついきゅう

pursuing (goal), pursuit, seeking, search