願ねがい

noun

request; entreaty; plea

A formal or earnest appeal directed at someone, often in official or serious contexts.

• 市し長ちょうに直ちょく接せつ願ねがいを申もうし入いれた。

  We made a direct plea to the mayor.

• 彼かれの願ねがいを聞きき入いれることにした。

  We decided to grant his request.

noun

prayer

A religious or spiritual supplication, often directed to a deity.

• 神じん社じゃで願ねがいをかけた。

  I offered a prayer at the shrine.

• 彼かの女じょは毎まい晩ばん、神かみに願ねがいを捧ささげる。

  She offers a prayer to God every night.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

written application; written request

Only when written 願

Used as a suffix in compound nouns to indicate a formal written application or request form. Often written as 願.

• 退たい職しょく願ねがいを提てい出しゅつした。

  I submitted a letter of resignation.

• この書しょ類るいは休きゅう暇か願ねがいです。

  This document is a leave application.