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請う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
請う
BOOST
Reading : こう   
Godan verb with `u' ending (special class), transitive verb
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 122,000 (about 911,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18520
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
どうして
あやま
って
かれ
ゆる
わない

Why not apologize and ask for his pardon?
はんにん
犯人
さいばんかん
裁判官
じひ
慈悲
うた

The criminal begged the judge for mercy.
おんけい
恩恵
わたし
いげん
威厳
かか
わる

It is beneath my dignity to ask a favor.
乞う
BOOST
Reading : こう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 70,000 (about 4,550,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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セイ   シン   こ to beg, ask for   うける to obtain   
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セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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to beg, request   
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オツ    #2, second, B; fish hook   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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