To Request, To Demand
Transitive verb and Ichidan verb
もとめる
トーフグは、ポーカーフェイスができる人を求めています。
Tofugu wants a person who has a poker face.
時々、返金を求めるメールがとどきます。
Sometimes we get emails requesting refunds.
Tofuguの顧客は、ますます環境に優しい日本語学習製品を求めるようになってきている。
Increasingly, Tofugu clients are demanding environmentally friendly Japanese learning products.
What's the verb form of request? It's to request. It also is for when you want something (to want), because when you request something you probably want it.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: What is it that you want? You want a moat (もと) around your home. Your neighbor's cats keep pooping on your lawn, but if you had a moat they wouldn't be able to get to your lawn in the first place, since cats hate water (and alligators). You request a moat!