Meaning
hope · petition · request · vow · wish
On'yomi
ガン
Kun'yomi
-ねがい · ねが.う
Common compounds (25)
- 嘆願 たんがんentreaty; appeal; petition
- 念願 ねんがんone's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
- 願 がんprayer; wish; vow
- 願望 がんもうdesire; wish; aspiration
- 出願 しゅつがんapplication; filing an application
- 志願 しがんaspiration; volunteering; desire; application
- 悲願 ひがんBuddha's vow to save humanity
- 本願 ほんがんAmida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
- 請願 せいがんpetition
- 願書 がんしょwritten prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
- 祈願 きがんprayer (for something); supplication
- 願う ねがうto have something done for oneself