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JLPT N3 · Noun

願い (negai)

願い (ねがい, negai) is a Japanese noun meaning “desire; wish”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ねがい
Romaji
negai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. desire; wish; hope · noun
  2. request; entreaty; plea; appeal · noun
  3. prayer · noun
  4. (written) application · noun, suffix noun · oft. 願 when used as a suffix

Example sentences

私の願いはパリで絵の勉強をすることです。
My wish is to study painting in Paris.
Tatoeba #163885
市長は私達の願いを聞き入れてくれた。
The mayor granted our request.
Tatoeba #168329
私の願いはかなえられた。
My prayers were answered.
Tatoeba #163887

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 願い

願
petition, request, vowガン・ねが.う・-ねがい · 19 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 願い.

願うねがうto desireお願いしますおねがいしますplease念願ねんがんone's heart's desire願書がんしょ(written) application

Source: JMdict entry 1217900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.