欲しい・ほしい (shii hoshii)

Want someone to do something

Meaning & usage

ほしい expresses desire, either for a thing (used with が, as in MP3プレーヤーがほしい) or for someone to do an action, where it follows a verb in te-form plus ほしい (教えてほしい). It commonly appears with 思っている or 頼む when reporting what someone else wants.

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