願う
ねがう · negau
To desire, to wish, to hope
- to beg, to request, to implore, to pray
- to have something done for oneself
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 願いますねがいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 願いませんねがいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 願いましたねがいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 願いませんでしたねがいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 願いましょうねがいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 願いねがい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 願いたいねがいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 願いながらねがいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 願ってねがって |
| Plain past (た形) | 願ったねがった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 願ったらねがったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 願っているねがっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 願わないねがわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 願わなかったねがわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 願わなくてねがわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 願えるねがえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 願えばねがえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 願えねがえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 願おうねがおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 願われるねがわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 願わせるねがわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 願わされるねがわされる |
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What does 願う mean?
To desire, to wish, to hope. It can also mean: to beg, to request, to implore, to pray; to have something done for oneself.
How do you pronounce 願う?
ねがう (negau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 願う?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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