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Dictionary: “欲”

欲

よく

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants

Example sentence

He is a man of few wants.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

欲
On
よく
Kun
ほっ.する;ほ.しい
Stroke count
11

・longing

・covetousness

・greed

・passion

・desire

・craving

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Related words to 欲

47 related words

欲しい

ほしい

→

wanting (to have);desiring;wishing for

欲しがる

ほしがる

→

to appear to want to have (something);to obviously want;to seem to want;to indicate a wish for

欲する

ほっする

→

to want;to desire

欲張り

よくばり

→

greed;avarice;covetousness;greedy person

欲張る

よくばる

→

to be greedy;to be avaricious;to want badly;to desire intensely;to covet

欲望

よくぼう

→

desire;appetite;lust

欲求

よっきゅう

→

desire;want;will;wish;urge;craving

欲しい

ほしい

→

I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

欲しいだけ

ほしいだけ

→

as much as one wants;as many as one wants;all that one wishes for

欲す

ほりす

→

to want;to desire

欲どしい

よくどしい

→

greedy;avaricious;acquisitive

欲に目がくらむ

よくにめがくらむ

→

to be blinded by greed

欲の固まり

よくのかたまり

→

incarnation of selfishness;lump of avarice

欲の奴隷

よくのどれい

→

slave to avarice

欲の熊鷹股裂く

よくのくまたかまたさく

→

avarice brings doom upon oneself;grasp all, lose all

欲の皮が張る

よくのかわがはる

→

to be greedy

欲の皮が突っ張る

よくのかわがつっぱる

→

to be greedy

欲も得もない

よくもとくもない

→

having thought for neither gain nor greed;only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)

欲をかく

よくをかく

→

to be greedy;to covet

欲を張る

よくをはる

→

to lust for

欲を言うと

よくをいうと

→

ideally;if one were to wish for more

欲を言えば

よくをいえば

→

ideally;if one were to wish for more

欲動

よくどう

→

drive;urge;instinct

欲張り法

よくばりほう

→

greedy algorithm

欲得

よくとく

→

selfishness;self-interest

欲得ずく

よくとくずく

→

carrying out mercenary deeds;having a mercenary attitude;calculating

欲心

よくしん

→

greed

欲念

よくねん

→

desire;wish;passion

欲情

よくじょう

→

passion;passions;(sexual) desire;craving

欲気

よくけ

→

extreme greediness

欲求不満

よっきゅうふまん

→

frustration

欲深

よくふか

→

greedy;avaricious;covetous

欲深い

よくぶかい

→

greedy

欲界

よくかい

→

desire realm

欲目

よくめ

→

partiality;bias

欲に目が眩む

よくにめがくらむ

→

to be blinded by greed

欲の塊

よくのかたまり

→

incarnation of selfishness;lump of avarice

欲ばり

よくばり

→

greed;avarice;covetousness;greedy person

欲を掻く

よくをかく

→

to be greedy;to covet

欲得尽く

よくとくずく

→

carrying out mercenary deeds;having a mercenary attitude;calculating

欲深

よくぶか

→

greedy;avaricious;covetous

欲深い

よくふかい

→

greedy

欲界

よっかい

→

desire realm

欲得尽く

よくとくづく

→

carrying out mercenary deeds;having a mercenary attitude;calculating

欲得づく

よくとくづく

→

carrying out mercenary deeds;having a mercenary attitude;calculating

欲得尽

よくとくずく

→

carrying out mercenary deeds;having a mercenary attitude;calculating

欲得尽

よくとくづく

→

carrying out mercenary deeds;having a mercenary attitude;calculating