Illustration: At a family birthday table in a Japanese apartment, a child closes their eyes and clasps their hands before a small cake with burning candles. Their face is intensely earnest, and they pause without blowing while the family waits expectantly.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

願ねがい事ごと

negaigoto

wish

Example sentences

  1. 願ねがいごとを言いってロウソクを吹ふいて消けしなさい。

    Make a wish and blow out the candles.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 流ながれ星ぼし！早はやく、トム、願ねがい事ごとして！

    A shooting star! Quick, Tom, make a wish!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 願ねがい事ごとをして。

    Make a wish.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 願事

  • 願petition; requestOnガンKunねがう
  • 事matter; thingOnジ・ズKunこと・つかう・つかえる

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