想そう望ぼう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

longing; yearning

A somewhat literary word for a deep, persistent desire or yearning for something, often used in emotional or poetic contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは故こ郷きょうを想そう望ぼうして、毎まい日にち手て紙がみを書かいた。

  She yearned for her hometown and wrote letters every day.