See also: 渴望

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
渴望 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かつ)(ぼう) (katsubōかつばう (katubau)?

  1. earnest desire; thirst

Verb edit

(かつ)(ぼう)する (katsubō suruかつばう (katubau)?transitive suru (stem (かつ)(ぼう) (katsubō shi), past (かつ)(ぼう)した (katsubō shita))

  1. to earnestly desire; to thirst for

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN