切せつ望ぼう

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切望する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	切せつ望ぼうする	切せつ望ぼうしない
Polite	切せつ望ぼうします	切せつ望ぼうしません
Past polite	切せつ望ぼうしました	切せつ望ぼうしませんでした
Past	切せつ望ぼうした	切せつ望ぼうしなかった
Te-form	切せつ望ぼうして	切せつ望ぼうしないで
Desire	切せつ望ぼうしたい	切せつ望ぼうしたくない
Potential	切せつ望ぼうできる	切せつ望ぼうできない
Passive	切せつ望ぼうされる	切せつ望ぼうされない
Causative	切せつ望ぼうさせる	切せつ望ぼうさせない
Causative passive	切せつ望ぼうさせられる	切せつ望ぼうさせられない
Volitional	切せつ望ぼうしよう
Polite volitional	切せつ望ぼうしましょう
Imperative	切せつ望ぼうしろ	切せつ望ぼうするな
Conditional	切せつ望ぼうすれば	切せつ望ぼうしなければ
Tara conditional	切せつ望ぼうしたら	切せつ望ぼうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

earnest desire; eager hope; longing

A fairly formal word for strongly and earnestly wanting or hoping for something. Often used as 切望する with the desired thing marked by を, or in noun phrases such as 切望の声.

多おおくの市し民みんが平へい和わを切せつ望ぼうしている。
Many citizens are longing for peace.
被ひ災さい地ちでは一いち日にちも早はやい復ふっ旧きゅうが切せつ望ぼうされている。
In the disaster-stricken area, a swift recovery is earnestly hoped for.
住じゅう民みんから切せつ望ぼうの声こえが相あい次ついだ。
Residents voiced one earnest request after another.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を切せつ望ぼうするto earnestly desire/long for something
彼かれは平へい和わを切せつ望ぼうしている。
He earnestly longs for peace.
〈事こと〉の実じつ現げんを切せつ望ぼうするto earnestly hope for the realization of something
国こく民みんは改かい革かくの実じつ現げんを切せつ望ぼうしている。
The public earnestly hopes for the realization of the reforms.
切せつ望ぼうの声こえvoices/cries of earnest longing
早そう期きの解かい決けつを求もとめる切せつ望ぼうの声こえが広ひろがった。
Voices earnestly hoping for a quick resolution spread.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
望ambition, full moon, hope

Related words

熱ねつ望ぼう
熱望 emphasizes passionate, eager desire, while 切望 stresses the earnestness or urgency of the wish.
渇かつ望ぼう
渇望 describes a thirst-like, almost desperate craving, whereas 切望 is a somewhat calmer but still strong earnest hope.
願がん望ぼうN1
願望 is a more neutral, general word for a wish or desire, while 切望 conveys a stronger, more urgent longing.
望のぞむN3
望む is the everyday verb for hoping or wishing, while 切望する is a more formal and intense way of expressing the same idea.
憧あこがれるN3
切望する means to earnestly desire or crave something, often with a sense of urgency, whereas 憧れる implies a more wistful, admiring longing.

Don't confuse with

失しつ望ぼうN3
失望 (disappointment) and 切望 (earnest desire) share the kanji 望 and similar sound but have opposite emotional meanings.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 切, here conveying earnestness or urgency, and 望, meaning hope or desire. This is a component-based explanation of the spelling rather than a detailed historical derivation.