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希望
冀望
Readings
きぼう
kibou
English
Noun (futsuumeishi)
Takes the aux. verb suru
hope, wish, aspiration
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Kanjis
希 ON: キ, ケ KUN: まれ, こいねが.う
hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Stroke: 7 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-5 FC: 4022.2


望 ON: ボウ, モウ KUN: のぞ.む, もち
ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

Stroke: 11 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-7-4 FC: 0710.0


冀 ON: キ KUN: こいねが.う, こいねが.わくは
hope for, wish, Hebei province

Stroke: 16 SKIP: 2-5-11 FC: 1180.0


Phrases
これが彼のたった一つの希望であった。
Parts: 此れ (これ) 彼 (かれ) たった一つ (たったひとつ) 希望 (きぼう) である
This was his one and only hope.