Word details
願をかける
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 願をかける.
Dictionary
Entry
1
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.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
願
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
19 strokesFrequency 894JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ガン
Kun
ねが.う-ねがい
Nanori
ら
掛
hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
11 strokesFrequency 1,027JLPT N1Grade 8
On
カイケイ
Kun
か.ける-か.けるか.け-か.け-が.けか.かる-か.かる-が.かるか.かり-が.かりかかり-がかり
Nanori
かけ
懸
state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
20 strokesFrequency 889JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ケンケ
Kun
か.けるか.かる
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