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    3. 大願

    大願

    大たい願がん

    ambition

    KMT10News #45+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    たいがん

    Noun

    1.
    ambition, the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
    Buddhism

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    彼かれは世せ界かい平へい和わという大たい願がんを抱いだいている。

    He holds the great ambition of world peace.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、菩ぼ薩さつが衆しゅ生じょうを救すくうという大たい願がんを立たてるとされる。

    In Buddhism, it is said that Bodhisattvas make a great vow to save all sentient beings.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    彼かれの生しょう涯がいは、その大たい願がんを成じょう就じゅするための苦く難なんの道みちのりだった。

    His life was a difficult journey to achieve that great ambition.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    大たい願がん成じょう就じゅを祈き願がんして、多おおくの人ひと々びとが寺じ院いんを訪おとずれる。

    Many people visit temples to pray for the fulfillment of their great wishes.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの研けん究きゅうは、人じん類るいの病やまいを克こく服ふくするという大たい願がんに基 づいていた。

    His research was based on the great ambition of overcoming human diseases.

    KMT10Science & MathMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    願
    ねが.う・-ねがい…(2)
    petition・request・vow・wish・hope
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