祈き願がん法ぽうMeanings1nounoptative moodgrammarA grammatical mood expressing a wish or desire. Used in linguistic descriptions of Japanese and other languages.日本にほん語ごの「~たい」は祈き願がん法ぽうの一いっ種しゅと見みなされることがある。The Japanese '~tai' is sometimes regarded as a kind of optative mood.