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欲よく
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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
Kanji used
欲desire
Pitch accent
よく
Used in vocabulary
欲よく張ばり
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
Noun
知ち識しき欲よく
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
Noun
独どく占せん欲よく
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
Noun
欲よく得とくずく
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
Noun
欲よく得とく尽づく
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
Noun
自じ己こ顕けん示じ欲よく
craving for the limelight
Noun
征せい服ふく欲よく
the lust for conquest
Noun
権けん力りょく欲よく
lust for power
Noun
創そう作さく欲よく
creative urge
Noun
庇ひ護ご欲よく
desire to protect
Noun
買かい物もの欲よく
desire to go shopping; desire to buy (something)
Noun
出しゅっ世せ欲よく
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
Noun
Examples10
He is a man of few wants.
He's power-hungry.
I think the love of money is common to us all.
His greed brought him low.
His greed for power knows no bounds.
He is selfish and greedy.