願う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
願
ねが
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 祈(ね)が (nega), the 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei) of classical 四段活用(よだんかつよう) (yodan katsuyō) verb 祈(ね)ぐ (negu), + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetition or ongoing state).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ne̞ɡa̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "願う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
願う ねが​う [nègáꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 願え ねが​え [nègáꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 願われる ねがわれ​る [nègáwáréꜜrù]
Causative 願わせる ねがわせ​る [nègáwáséꜜrù]
Potential 願える ねがえ​る [nègáéꜜrù]
Volitional 願おう ねがお​ー [nègáóꜜò]
Negative 願わない ねがわ​ない [nègáwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 願わなかった ねがわ​なかった [nègáwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 願います ねがいま​す [nègáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 願った ねが​った [nègáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 願って ねが​って [nègáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 願えば ねが​えば [nègáꜜèbà]

Verb

願(ねが)う • (negau) ←ねがふ (negafu)?transitive godan (stem 願(ねが)い (negai), past 願(ねが)った (negatta))

  1. to wish, to hope, to desire
  2. to beg, to request, to implore, to pray

Conjugation

Derived terms

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