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
コウイチは自分の足のつめをなめたいと強く望んでいた。
Koichi had a strong desire to lick his toenails.
今はYoutubeで何でも望むものが見られていいよね。
These days it seems like you can watch anything you wish on YouTube.
髪切ったんだけど、逆に童顔に磨きがかかっちゃってさあ。年相応のお洒落な三十五歳の女性になることを望んでたのに。。。とほほ。
I got a haircut but it just made me look even more childish. I was hoping to look like a stylish 35-year-old woman. Boohoo.