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志願する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	志し願がんする	志し願がんしない
Polite	志し願がんします	志し願がんしません
Past polite	志し願がんしました	志し願がんしませんでした
Past	志し願がんした	志し願がんしなかった
Te-form	志し願がんして	志し願がんしないで
Desire	志し願がんしたい	志し願がんしたくない
Potential	志し願がんできる	志し願がんできない
Passive	志し願がんされる	志し願がんされない
Causative	志し願がんさせる	志し願がんさせない
Causative passive	志し願がんさせられる	志し願がんさせられない
Volitional	志し願がんしよう
Polite volitional	志し願がんしましょう
Imperative	志し願がんしろ	志し願がんするな
Conditional	志し願がんすれば	志し願がんしなければ
Tara conditional	志し願がんしたら	志し願がんしなかったら

Meanings

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

volunteering; application; aspiration

Refers to the act of volunteering oneself for a role, duty, or position, often with a formal application. Covers both the desire/aspiration and the concrete act of applying.

彼かれは志し願がんして軍ぐん隊たいに入はいった。
He volunteered for the military.
留りゅう学がくの志し願がん書しょを提てい出しゅつした。
I submitted an application for study abroad.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に志し願がんするto volunteer for (a role, task, or position)
彼かれは危き険けんな任にん務むに志し願がんした。
He volunteered for the dangerous mission.
自みずから〈事こと〉に志し願がんするto volunteer for something of one's own accord
彼かの女じょは自みずから海かい外がい勤きん務むに志し願がんした。
She volunteered on her own initiative for an overseas post.

Kanji

志intention, plan, resolve
願petition, request, vow

Transitive / intransitive

志願 can be used both transitively, taking a direct object with を (危険な任務を志願する, "to volunteer for a dangerous mission"), and intransitively with に (任務に志願する, "to volunteer for a mission").

Related words

応おう募ぼN2
応募 refers to applying for a job, contest, or offer, while 志願 emphasizes volunteering oneself out of personal desire or aspiration.
志し望ぼうN2
志望 is typically used for wishing to enter a specific school, job, or career, while 志願 stresses the active step of applying or volunteering for it.
希き望ぼうN3
希望 is a general word for hope or wish, whereas 志願 implies a more active, often formal, expression of that desire through volunteering or application.
出しゅつ願がんN1
志願 emphasizes volunteering or expressing a desire to join something, such as the military or a club, while 出願 specifically means officially filing an application, such as to a school or patent office.

Word family

志し願がん兵へい
volunteer soldier
志し願がん書しょ
application form; written application
志し願がん者しゃ
applicant; candidate

Etymology

Compound of 志 (こころざし, aspiration) and 願 (ねがい, wish). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys a strong personal desire to undertake something.