Results, 欲

欲★【よくyoku】慾

noun:

  • greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants

彼kareはha欲yokuのno少ないsukunai人hitoだda。 He is a man of few wants.

Kanji definition:

欲
常用６年JLPTN3

ヨクYOKU・ほっするho.suru・ほしいho.shii

longing; covetousness; greed; passion; desire; craving

Strokes:
11
Radical:
欠 yawn
SKIP:
1-7-4
UTF:
6b32
JIS208:
45-63
Hangul:
욕 [yog]
Pinyin:
yù
Stroke order:
Example words:
意欲【いよくiyoku】
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
欲【よくyoku】
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants
欲求【よっきゅうyokkyuu】
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
食欲【しょくよくshokuyoku】
appetite (for food)
欲望【よくぼうyokubou】
desire; appetite; lust

Partial results:

JLPTN5
欲しい☆【ほしいhoshii】 Inflection

adjective:

auxiliary adjective:

  • I want (you) to - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

私watashiはha鉛筆enpitsuをwoけずるkezuruナイフNAIFUがgaほしいhoshii。 I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.

このkono書類shoruiをwoそれぞれsorezore２部ずつzutsuコピーKOPIIしてshiteほしいhoshiiんnだdaがga。 I'd like two copies of each of these documents.

JLPTN2
欲張り☆【よくばりyokubari】欲ばり Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person

持てばmoteba持つmotsuほどhodo、欲張りyokubariになるninaru。 The more you have, the more you want.

JLPTN1
欲望☆【よくぼうyokubou】慾望irr.

noun:

  • desire; appetite; lust

欲望yokubouをwo愛aiとto混同kondouするsuruなna。 Don't confuse desire with love.

JLPTN1
欲深☆【よくぶかyokubuka・よくふかyokufuka】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

欲求☆【よっきゅうyokkyuu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

彼女のkanojono医者ishaになりninariたいtaiとto言うiu欲求yokkyuuがga彼女kanojoをwo駆り立てたkaritateta。 Her desire to be a doctor spurred her on.

欲しがる☆【ほしがるhoshigaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to desire; to want; to wish for; to covet ➜ 欲しい
欲する☆【ほっするhossuru】 Inflection

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

  • to want; to desire

それsoreをwo欲するhossuruのnoはha私のwatashino中nakaのno獣性juuseiだda。 It's the animal in me that wants it.

欲張る☆【よくばるyokubaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to covet; to lust for
欲目【よくめyokume】

noun:

  • partiality; bias

親oyaのno欲目yokume。 The crow thinks her own birds fairest.

欲の奴隷【よくのどれいyokunodorei】

noun:

  • slave to avarice
欲気【よくけyokuke】

noun:

  • extreme greediness
欲得【よくとくyokutoku】

noun:

  • selfishness; self-interest
欲しいだけ【ほしいだけhoshiidake】

expression / ~の noun:

  • as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
欲の皮が突っ張る【よくのかわがつっぱるyokunokawagatsupparu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be greedy - often 欲の皮が突っ張っている
欲を張る【よくをはるyokuwoharu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to lust for
欲得ずく【よくとくずくyokutokuzuku】欲得尽く【よくとくずくyokutokuzuku・よくとくづくyokutokuzuku】欲得づく【よくとくづくyokutokuzuku】欲得尽irr.【よくとくずくyokutokuzuku・よくとくづくyokutokuzuku】

noun:

  • carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
欲の熊鷹股裂くる【よくのくまたかまたさくるyokunokumatakamatasakuru】

expression:

  • avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb
欲の皮が張る【よくのかわがはるyokunokawagaharu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be greedy
欲をかく【よくをかくyokuwokaku】欲を掻く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to be greedy; to covet
欲念【よくねんyokunen】

noun:

  • desire; wish; passion
欲情【よくじょうyokujou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
欲求不満【よっきゅうふまんyokkyuufuman】

noun:

  • frustration - four character idiom

彼のkareno怒りikariはha欲求不満yokkyuufumanからkara生じたshoujita。 His anger was born of frustration.

欲に目がくらむ【よくにめがくらむyokunimegakuramu】欲に目が眩む Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to be blinded by greed
欲張り法【よくばりほうyokubarihou】

noun:

  • greedy algorithm - Mathematics term ➜ 貪欲法
欲心【よくしんyokushin】

noun:

  • greed
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Kanji

欲

ヨクYOKU・ほっするho.suru・ほしいho.shii

longing; covetousness; greed; passion; desire; craving


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