願がん書しょ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

A formal written application or request, such as for a school, job, or official permission.

written prayer (shrine/temple)

A formal written prayer or petition offered at a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple. Less common in daily conversation; see also 願文.

〈場ば所しょ〉に願がん書しょを出だすto submit an application to (a school, etc.)
第だい一いち志し望ぼうの大だい学がくに願がん書しょを出だした。
I submitted my application to my first-choice university.
願がん書しょを提てい出しゅつするto submit a written application
願がん書しょは郵ゆう送そうで提てい出しゅつすることもできます。
You can also submit the application by mail.
願がん書しょを書かくto fill out an application form
夜よる遅おそくまで願がん書しょを書かいていた。
I was filling out the application form until late at night.

申しん請せい書しょ sense 1
申請書 is a general-purpose administrative application form, while 願書 usually refers to a personal petition such as a school admission form.
申もうし込こみ書しょ
願書 specifically refers to an application form for school or university admission, whereas 申込書 is the general-purpose term used for many kinds of applications.

願がん文もん sense 2
願文 is a written prayer or vow offered at a shrine or temple, while 願書 usually means a secular written application, though the two share the kanji 願.
願がん望ぼうN1
願書 (an application form, e.g. for school admission) shares the kanji 願 with 願望 (a desire or wish) but refers to a completely different, concrete document.
出しゅつ願がんN1
願書 is the physical application document or form itself, while 出願 is the act of submitting that application.

通つうN1
Used for written documents, letters, and similar items; this is the natural counter for 願書.

Compound of 願 (request, wish) and 書 (writing, document). The kanji combination directly conveys a written request or application.