ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
望 centers on looking toward something desired or distant: hoping, aspiring, or expecting. The full moon sense is a specific application of gazing at a distant bright object.
望 combines 亡 (originally a person leaning forward) with 月 (moon) and 王 (a variant of 壬, standing upright). The composition suggests a person gazing at the moon while standing tall, expressing hope or distant looking.
The top-left 亡 looks like a person leaning forward, the right 月 is the moon, and the bottom 王 is a person standing. Picture someone leaning out to gaze at the full moon, full of hope and ambition.
For ボウ, imagine a hopeful person throwing a bow (as in bow and arrow) toward the moon: bow -> ボウ, aiming high with ambition.
hope; wish; aspiration
to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for
despair; hopelessness
demand for; request
desire; wish; aspiration
desire; appetite; lust
wish; desire; hope
view; outlook; prospect
wish; desire; ambition; choice
disappointment; despair
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to
ambition; aspiration
promising; hopeful; full of promise
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar)
telescope
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
view; vista; panorama; outlook; prospect
craving; longing; thirsting
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on