Kanji Details:
- 欲
- Frequency:902
- Kun: ほっ.する, ほ.しい
- On: ヨク
- Meaning: longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 欲 よく greed, craving, desire, avarice, wants 意欲 いよく will, desire, ambition 食欲 しょくよく appetite (for food) 欲しい ほしい wanted, wished for, in need of, desired; (after the -te form of a verb) I want (you) to 欲求 よっきゅう desire 欲望 よくぼう desire, appetite, lust 欲する ほっする to want, to desire 欲しがる ほしがる to desire, to want, to wish for, to covet 無欲 むよく unselfish, disinterested, unavaricious, free of avarice 禁欲 きんよく abstinence, abnegation