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Chinese
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sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief |
hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing |
| trad. (悲願)
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悲
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願
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| simp. (悲愿)
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悲
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愿
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Pronunciation
Noun
悲願
- (Buddhism) merciful wish (of a bodhisattva); cherished desire
Japanese
Noun
悲願 • (higan)
- earnest wish
- 死刑廃止は彼の悲願だった。
- Shikei haishi wa kare no higan datta.
- The abolishment of the death penalty was one of his long held wishes.
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.