"願い" meaning in Japanese

See 願い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ne̞ɡa̠i] Forms: 願い [canonical] (ruby: (ねが)), negai [romanization], negafi [romanization], ねがひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 願(ねが)う (negau). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|願う|ねがう||pos=}} 願(ねが)う (negau), {{ja-etym-renyokei|願う|ねがう}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 願(ねが)う (negau). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ねがい|hhira=ねがひ}} 願(ねが)い • (negai) ^(←ねがひ (negafi)?)
  1. wish; desire
    Sense id: en-願い-ja-noun--FL0jqmg Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 16 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 35 26
  2. prayer
    Sense id: en-願い-ja-noun-Jf42EIOS
  3. request
    Sense id: en-願い-ja-noun-H1i5FFsk Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 61 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 10 50 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 11 54 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 10 50 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 35 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 4 41 22

Verb

IPA: [ne̞ɡa̠i] Forms: 願い [canonical] (ruby: (ねが)), negai [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 願(ねが)う (negau). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|願う|ねがう||pos=}} 願(ねが)う (negau), {{ja-etym-renyokei|願う|ねがう}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 願(ねが)う (negau). Head templates: {{ja-verb form|ねがい}} 願(ねが)い • (negai)
  1. stem or continuative form of 願う (negau) [godan] Tags: continuative, form-of, stem Form of: 願う (extra: negau)
    Sense id: en-願い-ja-verb-HL1-0i~n Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 35 26
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          "english": "Please treat me kindly (conventional greeting). Best regards.",
          "roman": "yoroshiku o-negai shimasu",
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Download raw JSONL data for 願い meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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