- 願う【ねがう】 - to desire, to wish, to hope, to beg, to request, to implore, to pray, to have something done for oneself 
- 願い【ねがい】 - desire, wish, hope, request, entreaty, plea, appeal, prayer, (written) application 
- 願い事【ねがいごと】 - wish, dream, prayer, one's desire 
- 願望【がんぼう】 - desire, wish, aspiration 
- 念願【ねんがん】 - one's heart's desire, one's dearest wish 
- 出願【しゅつがん】 - application, filing an application 
- 請願【せいがん】 - petition 
- 願書【がんしょ】 - (written) application, written request, petition, written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple 
- 祈願【きがん】 - prayer (for something), supplication 
- 志願【しがん】 - aspiration, volunteering, desire, application 
- 嘆願【たんがん】 - entreaty, appeal, petition 
- 本願【ほんがん】 - Amida Buddha's original vow, long-cherished desire 
- 悲願【ひがん】 - one's dearest wish, Buddha's vow to save humanity 
- 懇願【こんがん】 - pleading, entreaty, supplication, petition 
- 依願【いがん】 - in accordance with one's request 
- 宿願【しゅくがん】 - longstanding desire 
- 願い出る【ねがいでる】 - to ask for, to apply for, to make an application for, to file a request for, to submit (e.g. one's resignation) 
- 願い出【ねがいで】 - application, petition 
- 願い下げ【ねがいさげ】 - cancellation, withdrawal, asking to be excused, begging off, not taking, refusing 
- 大願【たいがん】 - ambition, the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)