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    3. 願う

    願う

    願ねがう​

    to desire

    N3KMT9News #31+1CoreReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ねがう

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to desire, to wish, to hope
    2.
    to beg, to request, to implore, to pray

    Verb, Auxiliary

    3.
    to have something done for oneself

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    あなたの成せい功こうを心こころから願ねがっています。

    I sincerely wish for your success.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    平へい和わな世せ界かいになることを、私わたしたちは皆みな願ねがっている。

    We all wish for a peaceful world.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    どうか、この願ねがいが叶かないますようにと、星ほしに願ねがった。

    I wished upon a star that this wish would come true.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    神じん社じゃで家か族ぞくの健けん康こうを願ねがって、お守まもりを買かった。

    I bought a charm at the shrine, wishing for my family's health.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    仏ぶっ教きょう徒とは、すべての生いき物ものの幸こう福ふくを願ねがって瞑めい想そうする。

    Buddhists meditate, wishing for the happiness of all living beings.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    願
    ねが.う・-ねがい…(2)
    petition・request・vow・wish・hope
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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