(やぼう)

やぼう
noun
ambition; aspiration
1. ambition; aspiration; wild ambition
A strong desire to achieve something, often implying grand or unrealistic goals.
世界(せかい)征服(せいふく)野望(やぼう)()つ。
To have ambitions of world domination.
野望(やぼう)(いだ)く。
To harbor ambitions.
(かれ)野望(やぼう)(つい)えた。
His ambitions were crushed.

野望(やぼう) means ambition, often with a sense of being grand or even unrealistic.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 野望(やぼう)(いだ)く: to harbor ambitions
  • 野望(やぼう)()える: to burn with ambition

NUANCE:
Often implies large-scale or aggressive ambitions, sometimes with negative connotations.