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    yi4
i
 i
    い

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Idea / Thought / Meaning
idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate
(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro
Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought.

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    yu4

 yoku
    よく
to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku
rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses.

のに

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 noni
    のに
(particle) (1) although; despite; even though; and yet; (particle) (2) whereas; while; (particle) (3) if only; I wish; (particle) (4) in order to

希望

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xī wàng
    xi1 wang4
hsi wang
 yume
    ゆめ

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Hope
to hope; a hope; a wish (CL:個|个[ge4])
(noun/participle) hope; wish; aspiration; (female given name) Yume
to yearn for

想い

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 omoi
    おもい

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Omoi / Desire
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

祝福

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zhù fú
    zhu4 fu2
chu fu
 shukufuku
    しゅくふく

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Blessings and Good Wishes
blessings; to wish sb well
(noun, transitive verb) (1) celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; wishing (someone) good luck; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Christn} blessing (from God)

願望


愿望

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yuàn wàng
    yuan4 wang4
yüan wang
 ganbou(p); ganmou / ganbo(p); ganmo
    がんぼう(P); がんもう

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Desire / Wish / Aspiration
desire; wish
(noun, transitive verb) desire; wish; aspiration

カーマ

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 kaama / kama
    カーマ

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Carma
(1) kama (desire, wish, or longing; one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition) (san:); (2) Kamadeva (Hindu god of human love); (personal name) Khama


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yuàn
    yuan4
yüan
 gan
    がん
(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that something may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
prayer; wish; vow; (female given name) Nozomi
praṇihita; praṇidhāna; resolve, will, desire, cf. 誓.

心願


心愿

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xīn yuàn
    xin1 yuan4
hsin yüan
 shingan
    しんがん
cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration
prayer; heartfelt wish
The will of the mind, resolve, vow.

意思

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yì si
    yi4 si5
i ssu
 ishi
    いし
idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do something as a gesture of goodwill etc
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
mindfulness

所願


所愿

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suǒ yuàn
    suo3 yuan4
so yüan
 shogan
    しょがん
wished-for; desired
wish; desire
that which one desires

願意


愿意

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yuàn yì
    yuan4 yi4
yüan i
 gani
    がんい
to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do something)
(1) wish; hope; petition; request; (2) intent of a request; purpose of an application; content of a prayer

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    ba1
pa
 pa
    パ
to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; something that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
(abbreviation) (See パーリ語) Pali language; (personal name) He
The open hand, palm; to lay hold of; to flatter.

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    xi1
hsi
 ke
(literary) to wish; to hope; sad; sorrowful
to hope


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yìn
    yin4
yin
 namaji
    なまじ
(literary) to wish; to prefer to; (literary) to incur damage or loss
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (See 憖い・1) thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; half-heartedly; (adjectival noun) (2) (See 憖い・2) halfway; half-done; incomplete

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zhù
    zhu4
chu
 hafuri; houri / hafuri; hori
    はふり; ほうり
to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
(1) {Shinto} (See 宮司,禰宜・1,神主・2) junior Shinto priest; (2) (polite language) (rare) {Shinto} Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood; (surname) Yoshi
To invoke, either to bless or curse.


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sòng
    song4
sung
 ju
    じゅ
ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)
{Buddh} (See 偈) gatha (poetic verse of a scripture); (personal name) Homeru
Extol, praise. gāthā, hymns, songs, verses, stanzas, the metrical part of a sūtra; cf. 伽陀.

かな

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 kana
    カナ
(particle) (1) (at sentence end) I wonder; (2) (at sentence end) should I?; is it?; (3) (at sentence end) I wish that (with a negative); I hope that; (female given name) Kana; (place-name) Cana

にも

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 nimo
    にも
(expression) (1) also; too; not ... either; as well; even; (expression) (2) (after the volitional or dictionary form of verb) (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise; (female given name) Nimo

不空

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bù kōng
    bu4 kong1
pu k`ung
    pu kung
 fukuu / fuku
    ふくう
(given name, person) Fukuu
Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka.

不願


不愿

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bù yuàn
    bu4 yuan4
pu yüan
 fugan
unwilling
does not wish

任意

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rèn yì
    ren4 yi4
jen i
 nini
    にんい
any; arbitrary; at will; at random
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary; facultative; spontaneous; any; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) {math} arbitrary; (female given name) Nin'i
according to one's wish

但願


但愿

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dàn yuàn
    dan4 yuan4
tan yüan
if only (something were possible); I wish (that)

依戀


依恋

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yī liàn
    yi1 lian4
i lien
to be fondly attached to; to not wish to part with; to cling to

偏偏

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piān piān
    pian1 pian1
p`ien p`ien
    pien pien
(indicating that something turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that something is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people

僥願


侥愿

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jiǎo yuàn
    jiao3 yuan4
chiao yüan
 gyōgan
to wish

冀望

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 kibou / kibo
    きぼう
(noun/participle) hope; wish; aspiration

叶う

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 kanau
    かなう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) (kana only) to come true (wish); (2) (kana only) to be suited; (3) (kana only) to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

夙願


夙愿

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sù yuàn
    su4 yuan4
su yüan
long-cherished wish

宝珠

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 houju; houshu / hoju; hoshu
    ほうじゅ; ほうしゅ
(1) precious orb; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 宝珠の玉) Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; (3) hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial; (surname, female given name) Houju

害想

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hài xiǎng
    hai4 xiang3
hai hsiang
 gaisō
害覺 The wish, or thought, to injure another.

宿願


宿愿

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sù yuàn
    su4 yuan4
su yüan
 shukugan
    しゅくがん
long-cherished wish
longstanding desire
The vow made in a former existence.

寿く

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 kotobuku
    ことぶく
(transitive verb) to congratulate; to wish one well

希欲

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xī yù
    xi1 yu4
hsi yü
 keyoku
a wish

御意

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 gyoi
    ぎょい
(1) (honorific or respectful language) your will; your pleasure; your wish; (interjection) (2) (responding to someone of higher status) certainly; as you say; you are quite right

心聲


心声

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xīn shēng
    xin1 sheng1
hsin sheng
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration

志望

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 shibou / shibo
    しぼう
(noun, transitive verb) wish; desire; ambition; choice

志願


志愿

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zhì yuàn
    zhi4 yuan4
chih yüan
 shigan
    しがん
aspiration; ambition; to volunteer
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to wish

念い

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 omoi
    おもい
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

念願

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 nengan
    ねんがん
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

思い

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 omoi
    おもい
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

思僥


思侥

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sī jiǎo
    si1 jiao3
ssu chiao
 shigyō
to wish earnestly

思召

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 oboshimeshi
    おぼしめし
(1) (honorific or respectful language) thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion; (2) however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); (3) fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

思願


思愿

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sī yuàn
    si1 yuan4
ssu yüan
 shigan
to wish

恭祝

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gōng zhù
    gong1 zhu4
kung chu
to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)

悲願


悲愿

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bēi yuàn
    bei1 yuan4
pei yüan
 higan
    ひがん
(1) one's dearest wish; (2) {Buddh} Buddha's vow to save humanity
The great pitying vow of Buddhas and bodhisattvas to save all beings.

想望

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xiǎng wàng
    xiang3 wang4
hsiang wang
 soubou / sobo
    そうぼう
to desire; to wish; (literary) to admire
(noun, transitive verb) longing; yearning

意中

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yì zhōng
    yi4 zhong1
i chung
 ichuu / ichu
    いちゅう
according with one's wish or expectation
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention

意望

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yì wàng
    yi4 wang4
i wang
 imō
a wish

意願


意愿

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yì yuàn
    yi4 yuan4
i yüan
 igan
aspiration; wish (for); desire
a wish

愚願


愚愿

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yú yuàn
    yu2 yuan4
yü yüan
 gugan
a stupid wish

感得

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gǎn dé
    gan3 de2
kan te
 kantoku
    かんとく
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (profound) realization; awareness; appreciation; becoming (spiritually) awakened (to); (noun, transitive verb) (2) one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (archaism) obtaining (something) unexpectedly
to attain

所望

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suǒ wàng
    suo3 wang4
so wang
 shomou / shomo
    しょもう
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) desire; wish; request
that which is expected

招財


招财

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zhāo cái
    zhao1 cai2
chao ts`ai
    chao tsai
lit. inviting wealth; We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3])

拜年

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bài nián
    bai4 nian2
pai nien
to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year

摩尼

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mó ní
    mo2 ni2
mo ni
 mani
    まに
Mani (3rd century AD), Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism
(1) {Buddh} jewel (san: mani); pearl; gemstone; (2) {Buddh} Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; (surname) Mani
maṇi; 'a jewel, gem, precious stone (especially a pearl, bead, or other globular ornament).' M.W. A bright luminous pearl, symbol of Buddha and his doctrines. Tr. 'as wished', or at wish, whoever possesses the pearl receives whatever he desires. One of the seven treasures. With Shivaites a symbol of the Liṅga. Also 末尼.

敵う

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 kanau
    かなう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) (kana only) to come true (wish); (2) (kana only) to be suited; (3) (kana only) to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

望み

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 nozomi
    のぞみ
(1) wish; desire; hope; (2) prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

望む

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 nozomu
    のぞむ
(transitive verb) (1) to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for; (transitive verb) (2) to expect (of someone); to hope for; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (3) to see; to command (a view of); to overlook

期冀

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qī jì
    qi1 ji4
ch`i chi
    chi chi
(literary) to hope for; to wish

未遂

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wèi suì
    wei4 sui4
wei sui
 misui
    みすい
to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
(n,n-suf,adj-no) (See 既遂・2) failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
not yet finished

本志

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běn zhì
    ben3 zhi4
pen chih
 motoshi
    もとし
(personal name) Motoshi
one's long-cherished wish

様だ

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 youda / yoda
    ようだ
(auxiliary) (1) (kana only) (usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; (auxiliary) (2) (See ような・1) like; similar to; (auxiliary) (3) (See ように) in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; (auxiliary) (4) (as ように at sentence-end) indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

欲念

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yù niàn
    yu4 nian4
yü nien
 yokunen
    よくねん
desire
desire; wish; passion

欲求

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yù qiú
    yu4 qiu2
yü ch`iu
    yü chiu
 yokkyuu / yokkyu
    よっきゅう
to desire; wants; appetites
(noun, transitive verb) desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
desire, craving, aspiration

求む

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 motomu
    もとむ
(v2m-s,vt) (1) (often now as ...(を)求む) (See 求める・1) to want; to wish for; (v2m-s,vt) (2) (archaism) (See 求める・2) to request; to demand; (v2m-s,vt) (3) (archaism) (See 求める・3) to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); (v2m-s,vt) (4) (polite language) (archaism) (See 求める・4) to purchase; to buy

祈る

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 inoru
    いのる
(transitive verb) to pray; to wish

祈望

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qí wàng
    qi2 wang4
ch`i wang
    chi wang
to hope; to wish; hope; wish; (old) name of an official post

祈願


祈愿

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qí yuàn
    qi2 yuan4
ch`i yüan
    chi yüan
 kigan
    きがん
to pray; to pray for something; to wish something; prayer; wish
(noun, transitive verb) prayer (for something); supplication; (female given name) Inori
To vow.

祝好

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zhù hǎo
    zhu4 hao3
chu hao
wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)

祝願


祝愿

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zhù yuàn
    zhu4 yuan4
chu yüan
 shukugan
to wish
invocation

祷る

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 inoru
    いのる
(transitive verb) to pray; to wish

稍嫌

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shāo xián
    shao1 xian2
shao hsien
more than one would wish; somewhat; a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc)

稱願


称愿

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chèn yuàn
    chen4 yuan4
ch`en yüan
    chen yüan
to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled

穩便


稳便

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wěn biàn
    wen3 bian4
wen pien
reliable; at one's convenience; as you wish

素願

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 sogan
    そがん
(archaism) long-held desire; cherished hope; lifelong wish

考え

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 kangae
    かんがえ
(1) thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept; (2) idea; notion; imagination; (3) intention; plan; design; (4) consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection; (5) wish; hope; expectation

許願


许愿

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xǔ yuàn
    xu3 yuan4
hsü yüan
to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward

訴求


诉求

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sù qiú
    su4 qiu2
su ch`iu
    su chiu
 sokyuu / sokyu
    そきゅう
to demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request; to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers); (marketing) message; pitch
(n,vs,vt,vi) appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)

請便


请便

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qǐng biàn
    qing3 bian4
ch`ing pien
    ching pien
Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home.

請安


请安

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qǐng ān
    qing3 an1
ch`ing an
    ching an
 shouan / shoan
    しょうあん
to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
(personal name) Shouan

迦摩

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jiā mó
    jia1 mo2
chia mo
 kama
kāma, desire, love, wish. A hungry spirit.

遂願


遂愿

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suì yuàn
    sui4 yuan4
sui yüan
to have one's wish fulfilled

遐心

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xiá xīn
    xia2 xin1
hsia hsin
the wish to abandon or keep aloof; the desire to live in retirement

達磨


达磨

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dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma(p); daruma
    だるま(P); ダルマ
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

適う

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 kanau
    かなう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) (kana only) to come true (wish); (2) (kana only) to be suited; (3) (kana only) to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

遺嘱

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 ishoku
    いしょく
(rare) dying wish (to be carried out after one's death)

遺志


遗志

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yí zhì
    yi2 zhi4
i chih
 ishi
    いし
the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

遺言


遗言

see styles
yí yán
    yi2 yan2
i yen
 yuigon(p); igon; igen
    ゆいごん(P); いごん; いげん
words of the deceased; last words of the dying; wisdom of past sages
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) {law} (esp. いごん) will; testament; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) (esp. ゆいごん) last request; dying wish
will

隨你


随你

see styles
suí nǐ
    sui2 ni3
sui ni
as you wish

隨心


随心

see styles
suí xīn
    sui2 xin1
sui hsin
 zuishin
to fulfill one's desire; to find something satisfactory
According to mind, or wish.

預祝


预祝

see styles
yù zhù
    yu4 zhu4
yü chu
to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc)

願い

see styles
 negai
    ねがい
desire; wish; request; prayer; petition; application

願う

see styles
 negau
    ねがう
(transitive verb) (1) to desire; to wish; to hope; (transitive verb) (2) to beg; to request; to implore; to pray; (v5u,aux-v) (3) to have something done for oneself

願事


愿事

see styles
yuàn shì
    yuan4 shi4
yüan shih
 negaigoto
    ねがいごと
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
content of the vow

願心


愿心

see styles
yuàn xīn
    yuan4 xin1
yüan hsin
 ganshin
a wish; a request (to a deity)
The heart of resolve (of Buddha to save all beings).

願智


愿智

see styles
yuàn zhì
    yuan4 zhi4
yüan chih
Wisdom resulting from the vow.

お好み

see styles
 okonomi
    おこのみ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (polite language) (honorific or respectful language) (See 好み・2) (your) choice; preference; wish

お願い

see styles
 onegai
    おねがい
(noun/participle) (1) (polite language) request; wish; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) please

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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