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    3. 切望

    切望

    切せつ望ぼう

    earnest desire

    KMT8News #24+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    せつぼう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    earnest desire, eager hope, longing, yearning, hankering

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    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは成せい功こうを切せつ望ぼうしている。

    He earnestly desires success.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    故こ郷きょうへの切せつ望ぼうが彼かれの心こころを占しめていた。

    A longing for his hometown filled his heart.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かの女じょは自じ由ゆうを切せつ望ぼうし、新あたらしい生せい活かつを始はじめた。

    Yearning for freedom, she started a new life.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    長ながい休きゅう暇かを切せつ望ぼうしていたので、旅りょ行こうの計けい画かくを立たてた。

    Since I was longing for a long vacation, I made travel plans.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    平へい和わを切せつ望ぼうする声こえが世せか界い中じゅうで高たかまっている。

    Voices yearning for peace are rising all over the world.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    望
    のぞ.む・もち…(4)
    ambition・full moon・hope・desire・aspire to…(1)
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