願望

See also: 愿望

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

願望

  1. wish; desire; aspiration

Synonyms


Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

願望 (hiragana がんぼう, rōmaji ganbō)

  1. wish, hope
    • 1939, 三木清, 思索者の日記:
      つまり () (ぜん) () (きわ)めて日常的 (にちじょうてき) ()ぬることが () (ほん) (じん) (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.

Verb

願望する (transitive, hiragana がんぼうする, rōmaji ganbō suru)

  1. to wish, to desire
    • 1935, 太宰治, 逆行:
       () (ちょう)でなしに、相手 (あいて) (ころ)したいと (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.

Conjugation


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

願望 (wonmang) (hangeul 원망)

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