願い事

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
願 事
ねが
Grade: 4 		こと > ごと
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

願い (negai, “wish; desire”) +‎ 事 (koto, “thing; matter”)

Pronunciation

Noun

願(ねが)い事(ごと) • (negaigoto) ←ねがひごと (negafigoto)?

  1. a wish; a desire
    • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうしち)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:
      きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね
      Kirei na hoshizora da ne
      Look at that beautiful starry sky
      そうね
      Sō ne
      It is, isn’t it?
      あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)
      A nagareboshi
      Ah, a shooting star
      何(なに)か願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？
      Nani ka negaigoto shita?
      What’d you wish for?
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