願い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
願
ねが
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 願う.

Pronunciation

Noun

願い (hiragana ねがい, rōmaji negai, historical hiragana ねがひ)

  1. wish; desire
  2. prayer
  3. request
    よろしくお願 (ねが)いします
    yoroshiku o-negai shimasu
    Please treat me kindly (conventional greeting). Best regards.

Verb

願い (hiragana ねがい, rōmaji negai)

  1. stem or continuative form of 願う (negau) [godan]

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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