Keyword
seek
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
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 (191 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
to ask for understanding
search; quest; pursuit
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
bill; account; invoice; information request form
to answer a request
courting; wooing; making advances
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
request; appeal; claim; purchase
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
to search for; to seek for; to look for
request for budgetary appropriations
to want; to seek; to request
longing; strong desire; aspiration
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs
ratio of job openings to job applicants
seeker after truth; one who seeks the way
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
seeking after truth
petition for retrial; appeal for retrial
job vacancy information; recruitment information
written request; requisition
courtship behavior; courtship display
help-wanted advertisement; job advertisement; want ad
amount billed or claimed
to seek happiness; to pursue happiness
job hunting; seeking employment
false invoice; false billing
formal objection (to an administrative disposition); request for examination (of a patent); request for administrative review
appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)
job opening-to-application ratio; job-offers-seekers ratio
job vacancy slip; job offering form; job-offer application card
to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
budgetary request guidelines; ceiling for budget requests
request for (written) information; document request
improper billing; illegal charge; false claims (e.g. for health insurance reimbursement)
job advertisement
formal demand for disciplinary measures against a lawyer
gyūhi; soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour, somewhat similar to Turkish delight
affordable; economical
demand; requirement
resident audit request to local government authority
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
direct claim to a local government
purchase; buying
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
pursuit of profits; profit-seeking
introverted; introspective, self-examining; centripetal
to beg; to request; to demand; to entreat
earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
closing argument and sentencing recommendation (of a prosecutor)
jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)
right to the pursuit of happiness
exaction of heavy taxes; imposing oppressive taxes
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
longing; strong desire; aspiration
oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
labor shortage; labour shortage
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
claimant; requester
situation-wanted advertisement
to obtain the ratio
ask, and it shall be given you
to try to find a way out
affordable; economical
employer; someone hunting for workers
to meet (one's) demands
claim for damages
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
heart seeking knowledge; thirst for knowledge
finding area or volume; mensuration
requester; requesting SS user
request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session
call number (e.g. of a book in a library)
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
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus)
inquiring the Buddha way
to meet (one's) demands
redemption; recourse
redemption; recourse
to meet (one's) demands
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
overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must
gyūhi-ame; 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
right to injunction; right to injunctive relief
right to injunction; right to injunctive relief
right to injunction; right to injunctive relief
the three great desires (sleep, food and sex)
qualified invoice retention system; qualified invoice storage method
person who craves attention and approval from others; attention seeker; clout chaser
Examples (200 in total)
Still, it was what I wanted.
But you see, that's not what I want.
I'm sure you don't want anything like that either.