Kanji1 / 19
願 kanji
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ガン
Kun readings
ねがう-ねがい
Words with 願
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —依願免官retirement at one's own request
- —合格祈願prayer for success in an entrance exam
- —修道誓願vows of religious orders
- —出願書類application form; application papers; file wrapper (patents)
- —他力本願salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
- —入学願書application for admittance to a school
- —大願成就realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
- —依願退職retirement at one's own request
- —心願成就earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes
- —満願成就fulfilment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered
- —哀訴嘆願plea; entreaty; supplication
- —自力本願salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance
- —念願成就attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered
- —変身願望obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change
- —先願主義first-to-file principle (in patent law); first-to-file system
- —本願寺派Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
- —願望充足wish fulfillment; wish fulfilment
- —併願受験taking entrance tests for multiple schools
- —願人坊主priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
- —結婚願望desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage