Illustration: At a Japanese family gathering, an adult sits before a small plate already piled precariously high with sweet rice dumplings. Their cheeks are still full, yet their chopsticks stretch toward the final dumpling on the shared platter.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

欲よく

yoku

desire, greed

Example sentences

彼かれは欲よくの少すくない人ひとだ。
He is a man of few wants.
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彼かれは権力けんりょく欲よくの強つよい人間にんげんだ。
He’s power-hungry.
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彼かれは自己中心的じこちゅうしんてきで欲よくが深ふかい。
He is selfish and greedy.
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Kanji in 欲

欲longing; covetousnessOnヨクKunほっする・ほしい

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