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望む

のぞむ

to desire, to hope

Mnemonic

The moon down in the corner, and the whole rest of the character is the distance to it. Wanting a thing you cannot reach from here, and no zoom のぞむ helps: のぞむ.

Worth knowing

希望 きぼう is hope as a noun. 望む is the wanting itself.

Built from

hope, look afar
月 the moon down at the bottom right, and somebody a long way off looking up at it.

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