Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

    彼があまり熱心に言い寄ってきたので、その晩彼のお相手をした女性は、とうとう参ってしまった。
    He was so vigorous in making love that his companion for the evening went down for the count.

Also written 言いよる【いいよる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Kun
い.うこと
On
ゲンゴン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

とき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward

Kun
よ.る-よ.りよ.せる
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
673 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

よせよりよろ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3m8.8The Kanji Dictionary
3062.1Four corner code
749deroo
5bc4Unicode hex code
1-20-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1318Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1345New Nelson (John Haig)
2291New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2856Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1983Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
192Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
204Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
545A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1525Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
692Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7203Morohashi
642A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1445Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576sakade
471Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
671henshall3
727Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1120Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
486Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
196Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level