願い事
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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願 | 事 |
ねが Grade: 4 |
こと > ごと Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
願い (negai, “wish; desire”) + 事 (koto, “thing; matter”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) ねがいごと [nègáígótó] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) ねがいごと [nègáígóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])
- (Tokyo) ねがいごと [nègáígótóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
- IPA(key): [ne̞ɡa̠iɡo̞to̞]
Noun edit
願い事 • (negaigoto) ←ねがひごと (negafigoto)?
- a wish; a desire
- 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第27話 直人の想い”, in スローステップ (スローステップ), 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:
- きれいな星空だね
- Kirei na hoshizora da ne
- Look at that beautiful starry sky
- Sō ne
- It is, isn’t it?
- A nagareboshi
- Ah, a shooting star
- Nani ka negaigoto shita?
- What’d you wish for?
- きれいな星空だね