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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

欲よっ求きゅう

yokkyuu

desire, urge

Example sentences

  1. まず、本音ほんねとは真実しんじつの感情かんじょう・欲求よっきゅうを指さす。

    First, honne is the term to indicate one’s real feelings and desires.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 妻つまは家いえを買かいたい欲求よっきゅうに取とりつかれている。

    My wife is possessed with the desire to buy a house.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょの医者いしゃになりたいと言いう欲求よっきゅうが彼女かのじょを駆かり立たてた。

    Her desire to be a doctor spurred her on.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 欲求

  • 欲longing; covetousnessOnヨクKunほっする・ほしい
  • 求request; wantOnキュウ・グKunもとめる

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