| term | pronunciation | English |
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| 失望 | しつぼう | disappointment, despair |
| 望み | のぞみ | wish, desire, (a) hope |
| 望む | のぞむ | to desire, to wish for, to see, to command |
| 望遠鏡 | ぼうえんきょう | telescope |
| 喜望峰 | きぼうほう | Cape of Good Hope |
| 嘱望 | しょくぼう | (having great) expectation, pinning one's hopes on |
| 展望 | てんぼう | view, outlook, prospect |
| 希望 | きぼう | hope, wish, aspiration |
| 希望的 | きぼうてき | wishful |
| 待望 | たいぼう | expectant waiting; long-awaited |
| 志望 | しぼう | wish, desire, ambition |
| 有望 | ゆうぼう | good prospects, full of hope, promising |
| 朔望月 | さくぼうげつ | synodic month |
| 朔望潮 | さくぼうちょう | spring tide |
| 望月 | もちづき, ぼうげつ | full moon; full moon of the eighth lunar month |
| 望郷 | ぼうきょう | homesickness, nostalgia |
| 欲望 | よくぼう | desire, appetite, lust |
| 渇望 | かつぼう | craving, longing, thirsting |
| 渇望者 | かつぼうしゃ | desiring person, luster |
| 眺望 | ちょうぼう | prospect, view, outlook |
| 眺望権 | ちょうぼうけん | right to a view |
| 絶望 | ぜつぼう | despair, hopelessness |
| 要望 | ようぼう | demand for, request |
| 電波望遠鏡 | でんぱぼうえんきょう | radio telescope |
| 願望 | がんぼう, がんもう | desire, wish, aspiration |