願う

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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

  • 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
Imperative (命令形) 願え ねがえ
Key constructions
Passive 願われる ねがわれる
Causative 願わせる ねがわせる
Potential 願える ねがえる
Volitional 願おう ねがおー
Negative 願わない ねがわない
Negative perfective 願わなかった ねがわなかった
Formal 願います ねがいます
Perfective 願った ねがった
Conjunctive 願って ねがって
Hypothetical conditional 願えば ねがえば

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

Conjugation of "願う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 願わ ねがわ negawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 願い ねがい negai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 願う ねがう negau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 願う ねがう negau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 願え ねがえ negae
Meireikei ("imperative") 願え ねがえ negae
Key constructions
Passive 願われる ねがわれる negawareru
Causative 願わせる
願わす 		ねがわせる
ねがわす 		negawaseru
negawasu
Potential 願える ねがえる negaeru
Volitional 願おう ねがおう negaō
Negative 願わない ねがわない negawanai
Negative continuative 願わず ねがわず negawazu
Formal 願います ねがいます negaimasu
Perfective 願った ねがった negatta
Conjunctive 願って ねがって negatte
Hypothetical conditional 願えば ねがえば negaeba

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