願い

ねがい · negai · JLPT N3 · noun

wish

🌠 negai sounds like nag-I: a wish is a request you keep nagging for

願 = 原 (origin, gives the sound gan) + 頁 (head): a head bowed to ask. 願い is the noun form of 願う, to wish or beg, the same root as お願いします, please.

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