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願
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to grant someone's request
Examples
すみませんが、お願いをきいてくださいませんか。
Excuse me, but could you do me a favor?
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Humble
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
Examples
浅学非才の私ではありますが、何とぞ皆様のお力を賜りたく、ここにお願い申し上げる次第です。
I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.
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cancellation; withdrawal
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asking to be excused; begging off; not taking; refusing
Examples
お前らの憐れみなんぞ願い下げだ。
I don't want your pity.
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Buddhism
salvation by faith in Amitabha
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relying on others; depending on others
Examples
他力本願じゃだめだよ。自分でなんとかしようという気持ちがなくちゃ。
You shouldn't rely on others. It's important to want to help yourself.
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to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
Examples
おまじないって言うのはね、女の子が好きな人と結ばれるように願をかけたりすることだよ。
What you call a 'charm', you know, is what girls wish upon that they may get together with the person they love and such like.
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realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
