Word Meaning 望みの綱

のぞみのつな nozominotsuna

望みの綱 is read as のぞみのつな (nozominotsuna) and means one's last hope.

Meaning

English

  1. one's last hope
  2. one's only hope
  3. the last hope

Reading

Kana

のぞみのつな

Romaji

nozominotsuna

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 101365 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

望遠鏡

ぼうえんきょう

telescope

望郷

ぼうきょう

homesickness

望み次第

のぞみしだい

just as one wishes

望郷の念

ぼうきょうのねん

sense of nostalgia

望遠鏡級数

ぼうえんきょうきゅうすう

telescoping series

望診

ぼうしん

the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)

望遠鏡座

ぼうえんきょうざ

Telescopium (constellation)

横綱

よこづな

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo)

つな

grand champion's braided belt

手綱

たづな

control

大綱

たいこう

fundamental principles

要綱

ようこう

main principle