日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
志

N2

Meaningsintention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive
On'yomiシ
Kun'yomiシリング、こころざ、こころざし
Strokes7
Radical心

Compounds

  • wishes of a deceased person, dying wish

  • will, resolution, intention, ambition

  • to aspire to, to aim for, to intend, to resolve

  • intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)

  • wish, desire, ambition, choice

Example sentences

  • Where there's a will, there's a way.

  • She aimed to become an actress.

  • They are in the same camp.

  • Was your mock exam score this time within the pass range for your preferred school?

  • On this point it is poles apart from when I set myself on learning English 20 years ago.

  • He accomplishes whatever he sets out to do.

  • We thought it was in the cards for him to aim to become a doctor.

  • Don't give in to despair just because you didn't get into the college that was at the top of your wish-list.