願う — meaning in English

English meaning

• desire verb To want something strongly.
• pray verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.
• will verb A modal verb used to talk about the future, often with a sense of intention or certainty.
• wish noun A hope or desire for something, especially something not fully within your control.

Senses

願う is used for these senses in English:

• desire To want; to wish for earnestly.
• pray (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
• wish (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.

desire — full definition

1. verb To want something strongly.
2. noun A strong feeling of wanting something.

pray — full definition

1. verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.
2. verb To ask someone earnestly for something.

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