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願書

がんしょ

noun

Meanings

1application form
2(written) application
3written request
4petition
5written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

Example sentence

あなたの願書に最近の写真を貼りなさい。

Attach a recent photograph to your application form.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

願Petition, Request, Vow19 strokes 書Write10 strokes

More words with 願

願いねがい · desireN3 念願ねんがん · one's heart's desireN1 願望がんぼう · desire 出願しゅつがん · application 願がん · prayer 請願

Full entry on Jisho

せいがん · petition

志願しがん · aspiration

祈願きがん · prayer (for something)

More words with 書

文書ぶんしょ · documentN1 秘書ひしょ · (private) secretaryN1 書記しょき · clerk 白書はくしょ · white paper (government report)教科書きょうかしょ · textbookN3 著書ちょしょ · literary workN1 書店しょてん · bookshopN2 報告書ほうこくしょ · (written) report

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