Word details

哀願

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 哀願.

Dictionary

Entry

哀願いがんNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #22322
1

supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

Examples
彼は妻に別れないでくれと哀願した。
He entreated his wife not to leave him.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

9 strokesFrequency 1,715JLPT N1Grade 8

On

アイ

Kun

あわ.れあわ.れむかな.しい

petition, request, vow, wish, hope

19 strokesFrequency 894JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ガン

Kun

ねが.う-ねがい

Nanori

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