Saturday, August 25, 2018

word choice - What is the difference between 希望 要望 志望 野望?


I'm trying to understand the difference between the those words. After looking up in a dictionary, there entries list (roughly) "to wish" . But I think, that's because they are all written with the kanji 望 (desire?) right?


Can someone explain me those words more in detail?


Feel free to use example sentences.



Answer





  • 希望: [noun, suru-verb] wish, (abstract and beautiful) hope

  • 願望: [noun] (concrete) wish, will, desire

  • 要望: [noun, suru-verb] request (as in feature request, support request, ...)

  • 志望: [noun] (only used in the context of deciding one's life course) intention, wish, choice; [suffix forming a no-adjective] aspiring; would-be; wannabe

  • 野望: [noun] ambition


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