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Search Terms: *欲*
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na-adjective, noun
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avarice, greed, covetousness
2.
raga (desire)(Buddhist term)(usu. とんよく)
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貪欲【とんよく】
、貪欲【たんよく】
、貪慾【どんよく】
、貪慾【とんよく】
、貪慾【たんよく】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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abstinence, self-control, celibacy, abnegation, asceticism
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禁慾【きんよく】
noun
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greed, worldly or materialistic desires
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物慾【ぶつよく】
noun
1.
passion, sexual desire, lust
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attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)(Buddhist term)
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愛慾【あいよく】
expression, noun
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desire for money for one's enjoyment (as an alleged motive for theft, fraud, etc.)
no-adjective, taru-adjective, to-adverb
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full of zeal, highly motivated, very eager(yojijukugo)
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意欲満満【いよくまんまん】
expression
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if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed(archaism, proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)
expression
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do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you(proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)
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己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ【おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ】
expression, noun
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parents' partiality for their children, parents overvaluing their children
expression
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noun
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an ascetic existence, (leading) a continent life, abstinence(yojijukugo)
na-adjective, noun
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greedy, avaricious, rapacious, insatiable
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強慾【ごうよく】
noun, na-adjective
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abnormally and inhumanly greedy, cruel and rapacious(yojijukugo)
こころほっところしたがのりこ
kokoronohossurutokoronishitagaedomonoriwokoezu
expression
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following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right(idiom )(from the Analects of Confucius)
noun
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desire to succeed in life, ambition to make one's mark in the world
noun
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(being) slightly covetous, a little covetousness
See also:大欲
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小欲【しょうよく】
、少慾【しょうよく】
、小慾【しょうよく】
expression
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do not shoot straight for the top, he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin, if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse(proverb)
noun
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liking (for), appetite, weakness, fondness, indulgence
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嗜慾【しよく】
、耆欲【しよく】
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to stimulate one's appetite, to whet one's appetite
noun, no-adjective
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desire to act only in one's self-interest, selfish desires(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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control of passions, control of appetite
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制慾【せいよく】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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control one's desires, abstinence
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節慾【せつよく】
noun
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will (urge) to create, creative urge, appetite for writing(yojijukugo)
noun
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possessiveness, desire to monopolize (monopolise), desire for control
noun, no-adjective
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lust, lusts of the flesh, animal passions, carnal desires
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肉慾【にくよく】
expression, no-adjective
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as much as one wants, as many as one wants, all that one wishes for
na-adjective, no-adjective, taru-adjective, to-adverb, noun
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indifferent to worldly gain(yojijukugo)
na-adjective
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wistful, desirous of, hungry-looking, greedy-looking
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もの欲しそう【ものほしそう】
、物ほしそう【ものほしそう】
noun
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carrying out mercenary deeds, having a mercenary attitude, calculating
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欲得尽く【よくとくずく】
、欲得尽く【よくとくづく】
、欲得づく【よくとくづく】
、欲得尽【よくとくずく】[1]
、欲得尽【よくとくづく】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression, Godan-mu verb
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to be blinded by greed
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欲に目が眩む【よくにめがくらむ】
noun
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incarnation of selfishness, lump of avarice
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欲の塊【よくのかたまり】
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to be greedy(often 欲の皮が突っ張っている)
expression
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avarice brings doom upon oneself, grasp all, lose all, the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)(proverb)
expression
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having thought for neither gain nor greed, only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)
expression, Godan-ku verb
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to be greedy, to covet
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欲を掻く【よくをかく】