Dictionary / Vocabulary / 願い
ねがい
desire; wish; hope; request
JLPT N3 common word Also written 願
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.
僕の願いはとっても強い麻雀打ちになることです。
My dream is to become a very strong mahjong player.
彼女は両親の願いに逆らってその外国人と結婚した。
She went against her parents' wishes and married the foreigner.