Ryukyu (Okinawa)
(Noun) Wish, desire, prayer, request
Define ねがい negai Meaning ネガイ
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Ryukyu (Okinawa)
(Imperative Verb) Please be, please let it, I pray that (something happens)
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ねがい 【願い】
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ねがい【願い】
(Common Noun)
- Desire; Wish; Request; Prayer; Petition; Application
ねがいで【願い出】
(Noun)
- Application; Petition
ねがいでる【願い出る】
(Ichidan verb, transitive)
- To apply for
ねがいさげ【願い下げ】
(Noun)
- Cancellation; Withdrawal
- Asking to be excused; Begging off; Not taking; Refusing
おねがいします【お願いします・御願いします】
(Common Expression)
- Please
— Humble (kenjougo) language
おねがい【お願い・御願い】
(Noun)
- Request; Wish
— Polite (teineigo) language
(Interjection)
- Please
— Abbreviation
ふねがい・フネガイ【船貝・舟貝】
(Noun)
- Arca avellana (species of ark shell)
— Word usually written using kana alone
ねがいごと【願い事・願いごと・願事】
(Noun)
- Wish; Dream; Prayer; One's desire
ねがいぬし【願い主】
(Noun)
- Applicant; Person who prays
ねがいさげる【願い下げる】
(Ichidan verb, transitive)
- To withdraw a request
おねがいごと【お願いごと・お願い事】
(Noun)
- Request
あわぶねがい・アワブネガイ【泡舟貝・安房船貝】
(Noun)
- Bostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
— Word usually written using kana alone
むねがいたむ【胸が痛む・胸がいたむ】
(Expression)
- To experience chest pain; To have a pain in one's chest
- To feel sick at heart; To have one's heart ache; To be anguished
ねがいもとめる【願い求める】
(Ichidan verb)
- To entreat
きゅうかねがい【休暇願い】
(Noun)
- Application for leave
じしょくねがい【辞職願い】
(Noun)
- Letter of resignation
じしょくねがい【辞職願】
(Noun)
- (Written) resignation
とどかぬねがい【届かぬ願い】
(Noun)
- Unfulfilled wish
おねがいをきく【お願いを聞く】
(Expression)
- To grant someone's request
あまおぶねがい・アマオブネガイ【蜑小舟貝・海人小舟貝】
(Noun)
- Ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla); Blotched nerite
— Word usually written using kana alone
そうさくねがい【捜索願・捜索願い】
(Noun)
- Request for a police search; Application to the police to search for a missing person
おねがいだから【お願いだから】
(Expression)
- Please; I beg you; For mercy's sake
おねがいいたします【お願いいたします・お願い致します】
(Expression)
- Please
— Humble (kenjougo) language
おねがいできますか【お願いできますか・お願い出来ますか】
(Expression)
- May I ask (for); Might I ask (that)
— Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
ノアのはこぶねがい・ノアノハコブネガイ【ノアの方舟貝】
(Noun)
- Noah's ark (Arca noae)
おねがいもうしあげる【お願い申し上げる】
(Expression)
- Please
— Humble (kenjougo) language
むねがいっぱいになる【胸がいっぱいになる・胸が一杯になる】
(Expression)
- To get a lump in one's throat; To overflow with feelings; To be overwhelmed with emotion
よろしくおねがいします【よろしくお願いします・宜しくお願いします】
(Expression)
- Please remember me; Please help me; Please treat me well; I look forward to working with you
むねがいたむようなできごと【胸が痛むような出来事・胸が痛む様な出来事】
(Expression)
- Painful incident
よろしくおねがいいたします【よろしくお願いいたします・宜しくお願い致します】
(Expression)
- Please remember me; Please help me; Please treat me well
— Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language