志望動機

Reading

Kana: しぼうどうき

Romaji: shiboudouki

Definition

noun

1

reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company)

Kanji

志

Readings: シ、 シリング、 こころざ.す、 こころざし

Meanings: intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling

望

Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 のぞ.む、 もち

Meanings: ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion