悲願

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 悲願 is read as ひがん and means a long-cherished wish or dearest goal.
• Basic usage: It can identify a community wish finally fulfilled or a goal that motivates repeated training.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A long-held wish being fulfilled
  • 村人の悲願だった橋 is the bridge that the villagers had long hoped to see completed. Example: 村人の悲願だった橋がついに完成しました。
• Holding a goal close
  • 悲願を胸に means keeping the cherished goal of reaching the final in mind while training. Example: 決勝進出という悲願を胸に選手たちは練習を重ねました。