望

Meaning

望 centers on looking toward something desired or distant: hoping, aspiring, or expecting. The full moon sense is a specific application of gazing at a distant bright object.

• 希望きぼう
  N3

  hope; wish; aspiration

• 望むのぞむ
  N3

  to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for

• 絶望ぜつぼう
  N2

  despair; hopelessness

• 要望ようぼう
  N1

  demand for; request

• 願望がんぼう
  N1

  desire; wish; aspiration

• 欲望よくぼう
  N1

  desire; appetite; lust

• 望みのぞみ
  N3

  wish; desire; hope

• 展望てんぼう
  N1

  view; outlook; prospect

• 志望しぼう
  N2

  wish; desire; ambition; choice

• 失望しつぼう
  N3

  disappointment; despair

• 望ましいのぞましい
  N2

  desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

• 待望たいぼう
  N1

  waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to

• 野望やぼう

  ambition; aspiration

• 有望ゆうぼう
  N2

  promising; hopeful; full of promise

• 望月もちづき

  full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar)

• 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう
  N2

  telescope

• 切望せつぼう

  earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

• 眺望ちょうぼう

  view; vista; panorama; outlook; prospect

• 渇望かつぼう

  craving; longing; thirsting

• 待ち望むまちのぞむ
  N1

  to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

• 嘱望しょくぼう

  having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on

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