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願う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
願う
BOOST
Reading : ねがう   
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire; to wish; to hope
2. to beg; to request; to implore; to pray
auxiliary verb
3. to have something done for oneself
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 130,918 which gives a rank of 1,971
願う is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 31,000 (about 19,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1859 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7190
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 31 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
あなた
あか
るい
みらい
未来
ける
こと
ねが
っています

I hope you have a bright future ahead of you.
かれ
かねも
金持
いたい
ねが
っている

He longs for the fellowship of the rich.
むすこ
息子
なん
とか
べんきょう
勉強
する
なってくれること
ねが

I hope my son will bring himself to study hard.
ねがう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 205,000 (about 218,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 31 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ガン   ねが to request, to petition   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゲン   はら meadow   
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cliff
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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