See also: 愿望

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hope; wish; desire
hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
 
hope; expect; to visit
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (願望)
simp. (愿望)

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願望

  1. wish; desire; aspiration (Classifier: )

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Kanji in this term
がん
Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

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(がん)(ぼう) (ganbō

  1. wish, hope
    • 1939, 三木清, 思索者の日記:
      つまり自然(しぜん)()(きわ)めて日常的(にちじょうてき)()ぬることが日本人(にほんじん)願望(がんぼう)なのである。
      Tsumari shizen no shi, kiwamete nichijōteki ni shinuru koto ga nihon-jin no ganbō na no de aru.
      In short, Japanese people's hope is to have a natural and completely ordinary death.

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(がん)(ぼう)する (ganbō surutransitive suru (stem (がん)(ぼう) (ganbō shi), past (がん)(ぼう)した (ganbō shita))

  1. to wish, to desire
    • 1935, 太宰治, 逆行:
      誇張(こちょう)でなしに、相手(あいて)(ころ)したいと願望(がんぼう)したからである。
      Kochō de nashi ni, aite o koroshitai to ganbō shita kara de aru.
      To say that he wished he could kill his opponent would be no exaggeration.

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Hanja in this term

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願望 (wonmang) (hangeul 원망)

  1. Hanja form? of 원망 (wish, desire).

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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願望

  1. chữ Hán form of nguyện vọng (hope; aspiration).