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希望 (きぼう): hope, wish, aspiration — Japanese vocabulary

希望 is read きぼう and means "hope, wish, aspiration". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

希望

Reading
きぼう · kibou
Translation
hope, wish, aspiration
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きぼうが

Example

希望は人間の最後の避難場所である。

きぼうはにんげんのさいごのひなんばしょである。

Hope is the last thing that man has to flee unto.

Kanji in this word

  • 希 — Hope, Beg, Request
  • 望 — hope, desire

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