To Wish
To Desire, To Wish For
transitive verb, godan verb
If you have a hope and you turn it into a verb, you'd think it would be "to hope." But what is really behind a hope? It's a desire or wish, right? That's why this word means to wish or to desire.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Your one wish that you have is to have a bigger nose (のぞ). Feel your nose, it's too small. You wish it was two or three inches longer. Of course, if it helps to imagine you want a smaller nose or a nose at all, that's fine too. Just make sure you wish you have something nose-related.
自分が望む
one desires
人が望む
people desire
あなたが望む
you desire
人に望む
to desire something from people
あなたに望む
to desire something from you
相手に望む
to desire something from one's partner
それを望む
to hope for that, to want that
何を望む
What do you want?
平和を望む
to wish for peace
何事もないことを望むよ。
I hope for nothing to happen.
あまり多くを望むと、自分がしんどくなるよ。
You'll wear yourself out if you expect too much.
ミドリさんは、どんな生活を望んでいるんですか？
What kind of life do you wish for, Midori-san?