願い事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
願	事
ねが Grade: 4	こと > ごと Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

願い (negai, “wish; desire”) +‎ 事 (koto, “thing; matter”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねがいごと [nègáígótó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ねがいごと [nègáígóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ねがいごと [nègáígótóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞ɡa̠iɡo̞to̞]

Noun

願(ねが)い事(ごと) • (negaigoto) ^{←ねがひごと (negafigoto)?}

1. a wish; a desire
   • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうしち)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:

     きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね

     Kirei na hoshizora da ne

     Look at that beautiful starry sky

     そうね

     Sō ne

     It is, isn’t it?

     あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)

     A nagareboshi

     Ah, a shooting star

     何(なに)か願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？

     Nani ka negaigoto shita?

     What’d you wish for?