願わくは

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the -ku nominal form of 願ふ (“to wish, to desire”, modern 願う) and the particle は. From kanbun kundoku, calque of Literary Chinese 願 (yuàn).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ねがわ​くは [nègáwáꜜkù wà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝ ɰᵝa̠]

Adverb

願(ねが)わくは • (negawaku wa) 

  1. Expresses desire.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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