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    宿願

    宿しゅく願がん

    longstanding desire

    KMT10News #38+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab30 strokes

    しゅくがん

    Noun

    1.
    longstanding desire

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    彼かれは長なが年ねんの宿しゅく願がんを達たっ成せいした。

    He achieved his long-cherished desire.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの宿しゅく願がんは、故こ郷きょうに学がっ校こうを建たてることだった。

    His longstanding desire was to build a school in his hometown.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    世せ界かい一いっ周しゅう旅りょ行こうは、彼かの女じょの宿しゅく願がんだった。

    A round-the-world trip was her long-cherished desire.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    多おおくの困こん難なんを乗のり越こえ、ついに彼かれは宿しゅく願がんを果はたした。

    Overcoming many difficulties, he finally fulfilled his longstanding desire.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    その研けん究きゅう者しゃは、病びょう気きの治ち療りょう法ほうを発はっ見けんするという宿しゅく願がんを抱いだいていた。

    The researcher harbored a longstanding desire to discover a cure for the disease.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    宿
    やど・やど.る・やど.す…(4)
    inn・lodging・relay station・dwell・lodge…(3)
    願
    ねが.う・-ねがい…(2)
    petition・request・vow・wish・hope
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