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欲 : Longing

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Components:
谷欠

longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving

On 'yomi:
ヨク(yoku)
Kun 'yomi:
ほっ.する(ho.suru) ほ.しい(ho.shii)
Strokes:11
Radical:欠 (76)
Usage Rating:902
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:2
Grade:6
Unicode:06b32
jis208:45-63
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欲 Usage examples

異常性欲(いじょうせいよく)sexual abnormality
欲の固まり(よくのかたまり)
欲の塊(よくのかたまり)		incarnation of selfishness, lump of avarice
欲の奴隷(よくのどれい)slave to avarice
欲を張る(よくをはる)to lust for
勤労意欲(きんろういよく)will to work
食欲不振(しょくよくふしん)loss of appetite, anorexia
私利私欲(しりしよく)selfish desires
意欲満々(いよくまんまん)
意欲満満(いよくまんまん)		full of zeal, highly motivated, very eager
禁欲生活(きんよくせいかつ)an ascetic existence, (leading) a continent life, abstinence
強欲非道(ごうよくひどう)abnormally and inhumanly greedy, cruel and rapacious
私怨私欲(しえんしよく)personal grudges and selfish desires
創作意欲(そうさくいよく)will (urge) to create, creative urge, appetite for writing
無欲無私(むよくむし)unselfish and impartial (disinterested)
欲張り兄さん(よくばりにいさん)greedy materialistic older brother, dirty old man
食欲減退(しょくよくげんたい)decrease in appetite, loss of appetite
意欲的(いよくてき)ambitious, motivated, willful
欲も得もない(よくもとくもない)having thought for neither gain nor greed, only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)
欲に目がくらむ(よくにめがくらむ)
欲に目が眩む(よくにめがくらむ)		to be blinded by greed