entreaty;  supplication;  petition
 aspiration;  volunteering;  desire;  application
 one's dearest wish;  Buddha's vow to save humanity
 one's heart's desire;  one's dearest wish
 entreaty;  appeal;  petition
 prayer (for something);  supplication
 supplication;  appeal;  entreaty;  petition
 Amida Buddha's original vow;  long-cherished desire
 salvation by faith in Amitabha;  relying on others;  depending on others
 (written) application;  written request;  petition;  written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
 making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
 suicidal tendency;  suicidal wish
 (religious) vow;  prayer (for something by making a vow)
 desire for marriage;  marriage aspiration;  yearning for marriage
 ambition;  the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
 prayer for school success
 to make a wish (to a god);  to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
 written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
 realization of a great ambition;  realisation of a great ambition
 giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings;  praying;  prayer
 retirement at one's own request
 obsession with changing one's appearance;  desire to change
 fulfilment of a vow;  one's earnest prayer being answered
 fulfilment of a vow;  fulfillment of a vow
 application for admittance to a school
 applying to enter more than one school
 priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
 expiration of term of a vow
 wish;  hope;  petition;  intent of a request;  purpose of an application;  content of a prayer
 the power of prayer (in Buddhism)
 in accordance with one's request
 Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
 temple;  shrine, especially one at which worshipers pray for favors;  prayer hall
 wish fulfillment;  wish fulfilment
 plea;  entreaty;  supplication
 earnest prayers being answered;  realization of one's earnest wishes
 attainment of one's most cherished desire;  one's earnest prayer being answered
 petitioner;  person who prays;  beggar-priest
 to make a wish (to a god);  to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
 salvation by one's own efforts;  self-reliance
 Shinto or Buddhist prayer
 right to petition (the government)
 dismissal at one's request
 application form;  application papers;  file wrapper (patents)
 taking entrance tests for multiple schools
 retirement at one's own request
 temple built at the order of the emperor
 praying by proxy;  applying by proxy
 one who offers prayer in place of another
 first-to-file principle (in patent law);  first-to-file system
 the front page of an application blank
 visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer
 festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)
 praying at a temple or shrine for help to stop drinking
 long-held desire;  cherished hope;  lifelong wish