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Want you always by my side with 〜てほしい

Grammar Explanation: Want you to do something with 〜てほしい

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After accidentally dialing the Goddess Technical Help Line, Kei’ichi finds himself face-to-face with a Goddess offering him a wish. After a brief conversation, Kei-ichi flippantly makes a wish.

螢一(けいいち):
「君(きみ)のような女神(めがみ)にずっとそばにいてほしい」
“I want a Goddess like you to always be by my side.”
Literal: “I want a goddess like you to be by my side forever.”

Key Points

1〜てほしい expresses what the speaker wants someone else to do
  • いてほしい comes from いる and means “I want you to be”.
2君のような女神に modifies the wish target
  • 君のような女神 means “a goddess like you”.
  • The に marks the person he wants to be with him.

Vocabulary

(Goddess)

女神(めがみ) refers to a deity in the form of a woman. While the term originally referred to deities such as those in Greek mythology, it has come to be used to describe “a woman of unparalleled beauty” or “an object of admiration”.

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