願わくは
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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願 |
ねが Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 願わくば (negawakuba)
Etymology
From the -ku nominal form of 願ふ (“to wish, to desire”, modern 願う) and the particle は. From kanbun kundoku.[1]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ねがわくは [nègáwáꜜkù wà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [ne̞ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝ ɰᵝa̠]
Adverb
願わくは (hiragana ねがわくは, rōmaji negawaku wa)
- Expresses desire.
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN