Saturday, December 6, 2008

My heart's desire

念願 - ねんがん - nengan - one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish; one's long-cherished desire [wish]
When I brought out the Bibles for the Japanese Bible study after English class, one lady explained that she didn't need one. And then she showed me her brand-new Bible. Searching for the words to tell me in English, she taught me a new word in Japanese - nengan.

We finally decided that she could best say her sentence in English this way:

I had wanted a Bible for a long time, and now I finally have one!

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