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    3. 希求

    希求

    希き求きゅう

    longing

    KMT10News #41+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    冀求

    ききゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    longing, strong desire, aspiration
    formal or literary term

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    彼かれは平へい和わを希き求きゅうしている。

    He longs for peace.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    人ひと々びとは自じ由ゆうと平びょう等どうを希き求きゅうする。

    People aspire to freedom and equality.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    彼かれの作さく品ひんには、失うしなわれた故こ郷きょうへの深ふかい希き求きゅうが込こめられている。

    His work contains a deep longing for his lost homeland.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & DesignLiterature
    成せい功こうへの希き求きゅうが彼かれをここまで導みちびいた。

    His strong desire for success led him this far.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    普ふ遍へん的てきな幸こう福ふくの希き求きゅうは、人じん類るい共きょう通つうの願ねがいである。

    The aspiration for universal happiness is a common wish of humankind.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    希
    まれ・こいねが.う…(4)
    hope・beg・request・pray・beseech…(5)
    求
    もと.める…(2)
    request・want・wish for・require・demand
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