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For pronunciation and definitions of ねがう – see the following entry.
願う
[verb] to wish, to hope, to desire
[verb] to beg, to request, to implore, to pray
(This term, ねがう (negau), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ねがう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ねがう.)
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