Where does “望み薄” come from?

望み薄 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 望み — hope, wish, desire.

望み薄 (Japanese): faint in prospect or dim in hope

Definitions

  1. faint in prospect or dim in hope

Ancestry of “望み薄”, step by step

望み薄 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 望み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese望みhope, wish, desire

via Japanese 薄#Suffix

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese薄#Suffix
Every word from Japanese 望み