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    3. 願

    願

    願ねが.う

    petition

    N3KMT8Freq #894Core ConceptsKanji19 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ねが.う-ねがい

    On'yomi

    ガン

    Nanori

    ら

    petitionrequestvowwishhope

    原頁

    厂
    丿
    白
    日
    小
    頁
    目
    貝
    八

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

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    Concepts using this kanji

    願い

    desire

    本願

    Amida Buddha's original vow

    念願

    one's heart's desire

    願

    prayer

    志願

    aspiration

    出願

    application

    願望

    desire

    悲願

    one's dearest wish

    願わくは

    I pray

    請願

    petition

    願書

    (written) application

    祈願

    prayer (for something)

    お願いします

    please

    よろしくお願いいたします

    please remember me

    お願いいたします

    please

    お願い

    request

    よろしくお願いします

    please remember me

    嘆願

    entreaty

    願う

    to desire

    依願

    in accordance with one's request

    出願人

    applicant

    自力本願

    salvation by one's own efforts

    代願人

    one who offers prayer in place of another

    願人

    petitioner

    宿願

    longstanding desire

    出願者

    applicant

    願力

    the power of prayer (in Buddhism)

    他力本願

    salvation by faith in Amitabha

    願い事

    wish

    お願い事

    request

    願主

    temple petitioner

    願い主

    applicant

    心願

    prayer

    訴願人

    petitioner

    入学願書

    application for admittance to a school

    代願

    praying by proxy

    願文

    written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

    願い下げる

    to withdraw a request

    発願

    giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings

    願い求める

    to entreat

    願を立てる

    to make a wish (to a god)

    願立て

    Shinto or Buddhist prayer

    立願

    prayer to a god

    先願主義

    first-to-file principle (in patent law)

    お願い申し上げる

    to ask (humbly)

    大願成就

    realization of a great ambition

    願状

    written request

    本願寺派

    Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

    願意

    wish

    特願

    patent application

    願い書

    (written) application

    心願成就

    earnest prayers being answered

    結願

    expiration of term of a vow

    願望法

    optative mood

    切願

    entreaty

    特許出願中

    patent pending

    所願

    wish

    入学志願者

    applicants for admission

    請願者

    petitioner

    志願者

    applicant

    特許出願

    patent application

    念願成就

    attainment of one's most cherished desire

    専願

    single application

    願面

    the front page of an application blank

    変身願望

    obsession with changing one's appearance

    訴願

    petition

    出願書類

    application form

    願解き

    visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

    単願

    single application

    自殺願望

    suicidal tendency

    請願書

    (written) petition

    志願書

    application (form)

    満願成就

    fulfilment of a vow

    お願いを聞く

    to grant someone's request

    自殺志願者

    person contemplating suicide

    退職願

    letter of resignation

    請願権

    right to petition (the government)

    満願

    fulfilment of a vow

    願人坊主

    priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

    志願兵

    volunteer soldier

    結婚願望

    desire for marriage

    素願

    long-held desire

    願望充足

    wish fulfillment

    辞職願

    (written) resignation

    併願受験

    taking entrance tests for multiple schools

    合格祈願

    prayer for success in an entrance exam

    熱願

    ardent desire

    依願免官

    retirement at one's own request

    結願祭

    festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

    祈願文

    optative sentence

    祈願法

    optative mood

    併願

    applying to enter more than one school

    依願退職

    retirement at one's own request

    届かぬ願い

    unfulfilled wish

    願ってもない

    best one could ask for

    お願いだから

    please

    お願いベース

    (on a) voluntary basis (as opposed to a legal obligation)

    タイムマシーンにお願い

    Quantum Leap (television series)

    願わしい

    desirable

    願をかける

    to make a wish (to a god)

    願わくば

    I pray

    お願いできますか

    may I ask (for)

    願い出

    application

    願い出る

    to ask for

    捜索願

    request for a police search

    祈願所

    temple

    願酒

    praying at a temple or shrine for help to stop drinking

    依願免職

    dismissal at one's request

    願い下げ

    cancellation

    嘆願書

    (written) petition

    懇願

    pleading

    大願

    ambition

    休暇願い

    application for leave

    修道誓願

    vows of religious orders

    願掛け

    making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

    万願寺唐辛子

    Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

    哀願

    supplication

    誓願

    (religious) vow

    勅願寺

    temple built at the order of the emperor

    地蔵菩薩本願経

    Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

    哀訴嘆願

    plea

    棒ほど願って針ほど叶う

    you can't always get what you want

    願ったり叶ったり

    everything working out as desired

    勅願

    imperial prayer

    乞い願わくは

    I pray in earnest that

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    • お願いします
    • お願いいたします
    • 哀願
    • 依願
    • 依願免官
    • 願い
    • 願い下げる
    • 願い求める
    • 願い出
    • 願い出る
    • 願う
    • 願ったり叶ったり
    • 願わくは
    • 願わしい
    • 願意
    • 願解き
    • 願掛け
    • 願主
    • 願酒
    • 願書
    • 願状
    • 願文
    • 願面
    • 願立て
    • 願力
    • 祈願
    • 休暇願い
    • 合格祈願
    • 懇願
    • 志願
    • 志願者
    • 志願兵
    • 出願
    • 出願者
    • 出願書類
    • 出願人
    • 修道誓願
    • 誓願
    • 請願
    • 切願
    • 他力本願
    • 代願
    • 代願人
    • 嘆願
    • 勅願
    • 入学願書
    • 入学志願者
    • 念願
    • 悲願
    • 本願
    • 願望
    • 大願成就
    • 願い事
    • 結願
    • 宿願
    • 訴願
    • 願い下げ
    • 願い主
    • 請願者
    • 請願書
    • 大願
    • 勅願寺
    • 心願
    • 所願
    • 訴願人
    • 立願
    • 満願
    • 志願書
    • 熱願
    • 依願退職
    • 願をかける
    • 辞職願
    • 届かぬ願い
    • 嘆願書
    • お願い事
    • 願
    • お願いを聞く
    • 請願権
    • お願い申し上げる
    • 心願成就
    • 満願成就
    • お願い
    • 哀訴嘆願
    • 自力本願
    • 念願成就
    • 変身願望
    • 先願主義
    • よろしくお願いします
    • よろしくお願いいたします
    • 乞い願わくは
    • 願わくば
    • 本願寺派
    • お願いできますか
    • 発願
    • 祈願所
    • 願望充足
    • 併願
    • 併願受験
    • 願人坊主
    • 捜索願
    • 結婚願望
    • 願ってもない
    • 特許出願
    • 特許出願中
    • 結願祭
    • 退職願
    • お願いだから
    • 依願免職
    • 特願
    • 棒ほど願って針ほど叶う
    • 願人
    • 素願
    • 願い書
    • 願を立てる
    • 自殺願望
    • 祈願文
    • 祈願法
    • 万願寺唐辛子
    • お願いベース
    • 単願
    • 専願
    • 自殺志願者
    • 願望法
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