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欲

欲 — longing, covetousness, greed

On
ヨク
Kun
ほっする, ほしい
Strokes
11
JLPT
N3
School grade
6

Common words with 欲

  • 意欲いよくwill; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation; urge; ambitionCommon

    その老人は生きる意欲をなくした。
    The old man lost the will to live.

  • 欲よくgreed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wantsCommon

    彼は欲の少ない人だ。
    He is a man of few wants.

  • 食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)Common

    最近食欲がないんです。
    Recently I have had no appetite.

  • 欲求よっきゅうdesire; want; will; wish; urge; cravingCommon
  • 欲望よくぼうdesire; appetite; lustCommon
  • 欲しいほしいwanting (to have); desiring; wishing forCommon
  • 欲するほっするto want; to desireCommon
  • 欲しがるほしがるto appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to i…Common
  • 性欲せいよくsexual desire; sex drive; lustCommon
  • 無欲むよくunselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avariceCommon
  • 欲張りよくばりgreed; avarice; covetousness; greedy personCommon
  • 欲張るよくばるto be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covetCommon
  • 貪欲どんよくgreedy; avaricious; covetousCommon
  • 禁欲的きんよくてきabstemious; austereCommon
  • 禁欲きんよくabstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegationOccasional
  • 私欲しよくself-interest; selfish desireOccasional
  • 物欲ぶつよくworldly desires; materialistic desiresOccasional
  • 愛欲あいよくpassion; sexual desire; lustOccasional
  • 欲情よくじょうpassion; passions; (sexual) desire; cravingOccasional
  • 強欲ごうよくgreedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiableOccasional

With the N5–N3 kanji, you can read 64 words that use 欲.

  • 意欲 いよく will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation; urge; ambition
  • 欲 よく greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
  • 食欲 しょくよく appetite (for food)
  • 欲求 よっきゅう desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
  • 欲望 よくぼう desire; appetite; lust

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