願い (ねがい)desire; wish; hope
- desire; wish; hopenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- request; entreaty; pleanoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- prayernoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- (written) applicationnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix
Kanji in 願い
Words that share its kanji
- 願がんprayer; wish
- 志願しがんaspiration; volunteering
- 念願ねんがんone's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
- 悲願ひがんone's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
- 本願ほんがんAmida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
- 願望がんぼうdesire; wish
- 出願しゅつがんapplication
- 請願せいがんpetition
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