宿願

彼の宿願はついに叶った。

His long-cherished desire was finally fulfilled.

チームは悲願の初優勝という宿願を果たした。

The team achieved its long-held dream of winning its first championship.

自分の店を持つことが父の宿願だった。

Having a shop of his own was my father's lifelong wish.

仏は前世の宿願によって衆生を救うと説かれる。

The Buddha is taught to save all beings by virtue of a vow made in a former life.

この寺の縁起には、開山の僧の宿願が語られている。

The temple's founding legend tells of the vow its founding monk made in a past life.

菩薩は宿願の力によってこの世に生まれ変わったという。

The bodhisattva is said to have been reborn in this world through the power of a past-life vow.