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): [ne̞ɡa̠β̞a̠kɯ̟ β̞a̠]

Adverb

願(ねが)わくは • (negawaku wa) 

  1. Expresses desire.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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