I Love Kanji願う (negau)
願う (ねがう, negau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to desire; to wish”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ねがう
- Romaji
- negau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to desire; to wish; to hope · godan verb, transitive
- to beg; to request; to implore; to pray · godan verb, transitive
- to have something done for oneself · godan verb, auxiliary verb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 願う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 願う | ねがう negau |
| Polite (~masu) | 願います | ねがいます negaimasu |
| Negative | 願わない | ねがわない negawanai |
| Polite negative | 願いません | ねがいません negaimasen |
| Past | 願った | ねがった negatta |
| Polite past | 願いました | ねがいました negaimashita |
| Negative past | 願わなかった | ねがわなかった negawanakatta |
| Te-form | 願って | ねがって negatte |
| Potential | 願える | ねがえる negaeru |
| Passive | 願われる | ねがわれる negawareru |
| Causative | 願わせる | ねがわせる negawaseru |
| Volitional | 願おう | ねがおう negaou |
| Imperative | 願え | ねがえ negae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 願えば | ねがえば negaeba |
Kanji in 願う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 願う.
Source: JMdict entry 1217950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.