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📈Process & State Nouns

念願ねんがん

nengan

one's heart's desire, earnest petition

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Example sentence

彼は国民の幸福を念願した。

He had national welfare at heart.

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Kanji in 念願

wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

petition, request, vow, wish, hope

Sentences with 念願

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
残念	N4	ざんねん	ざんねんregret; regrettable
記念	N3	きねん	きねんcommemoration, memory
願い	N3	ねがい	ねがいdesire, wish, request
願う	N3	ねがう	ねがうto desire, to wish, to request
お願いします	N2	おねがいします	おねがいしますPlease (lit., I request)
観念	N2	かんねん	かんねんidea, notion; sense
概念	N1	がいねん	がいねんgeneral idea, concept, notion
念	N1	ねん	ねんsense, feeling, desire

More Process & State Nouns words

Word	Reading	Meaning
人気	ひとけ	ひとけsign of human presence / activity
世代	せだい	せだいgeneration
慣れ	なれ	なれpractice, experience
進化	しんか	しんかevolution, progress
確定	かくてい	かくていfixed, decision
所有	しょゆう	しょゆうone's possessions, ownership
緊急	きんきゅう	きんきゅうurgent, pressing, emergency
真実	しんじつ	しんじつtruth, reality

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