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志望 (しぼう): wish, desire, ambition — Japanese vocabulary

志望 is read しぼう and means "wish, desire, ambition". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

志望

Reading
しぼう · shibou
Translation
wish, desire, ambition
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しぼうが

Example

第一次志望の大学に入れなかったからといって、自暴自棄になるなよ。

だいいちじしぼうのだいがくにいれなかったからといって、じぼうじきになるなよ。

Don't give in to despair just because you didn't get into the college that was at the top of your wish-list.

Kanji in this word

  • 志 — Intention, Plan, Resolve
  • 望 — hope, desire

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