願わくは

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

願 (ねが)わくば (negawakuba)

Etymology

From the -ku nominal form of 願ふ (“to wish, to desire”, modern 願う) and the particle は. From kanbun kundoku.[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ねがわくは [nègáwáꜜkù wà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ne̞ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝ ɰᵝa̠]

Adverb

願わくは (hiragana ねがわくは, rōmaji negawaku wa)

Expresses desire.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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