願ねがわくは

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

Formal, somewhat literary expression used to introduce a heartfelt wish or prayer. Often appears at the beginning of a sentence.

願ねがわくは、この計けい画かくが成せい功こうしますように。
I pray that this plan will succeed.
願ねがわくは、皆みな様さまのご健けん康こうとご多た幸こうをお祈いのり申もうし上あげます。
I wish you all good health and happiness.

Usage patterns

願ねがわくは〈事こと〉ようにI pray that ~ (may happen)
願ねがわくは、彼かれが無む事じに帰かえってきますように。
I pray that he comes home safely.
願ねがわくは〈事こと〉ことをI wish for ~ (formal, sentence-initial)
願ねがわくは、この世よに平へい和わが訪おとずれることを。
I pray that peace may come to this world.

Expressions

希こいねがわくはI earnestly pray that; I beg that; I yearn that