Illustration: A child kneels quietly inside an open balcony doorway, hands clasped beneath their chin, gazing at a small wooden nesting box fixed beyond the railing. Its entrance is visibly empty.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

願ねがい

negai

wish, hope

Example sentences

  1. 願ねがいがかないましたか。

    Did you get your wish?

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  2. 君きみの願ねがいは何なに？

    What’s your wish?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの願ねがいはパリで絵えの勉強べんきょうをすることです。

    My wish is to study painting in Paris.

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Kanji in 願

  • 願petition; requestOnガンKunねがう

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