Word Meaning 切望

せつぼう setsubou

切望 is read as せつぼう (setsubou) and means earnest desire.

Meaning

English

  1. earnest desire
  2. eager hope
  3. longing
  4. yearning
  5. hankering

Reading

Kana

せつぼう

Romaji

setsubou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 16026 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

切実

せつじつ

pertinent

切断

せつだん

cutting

切り取り

きりどり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

切腹

せっぷく

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

切り抜き

きりぬき

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

切除

せつじょ

cut off

切り取る

きりとる

to cut off

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

切り返し

きりかえし

railway switchback