よく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
Kanji used
desire
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (67 in total)
appetite (for food)
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
passions; sexual desire; lust
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
lust; sexual appetite
to covet; to lust for
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
desire to protect
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
self-interest; selfish desire
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
craving for the limelight
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
animal or carnal desires; lust
selfishness
the lust for conquest
to be greedy; to covet
partiality; bias
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
abnormal sexuality; sexual perversion
to be blinded by greed
selfishness; self-interest
to be greedy; to covet
to be blinded by greed
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
greed; avarice
desire realm
incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice
desire; wish; passion
lust for money; hunger for money
control one's desires; abstinence
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
human desires; human passions
ideally; if one were to wish for more
unselfishness; wanting little
extreme greediness
evil desire
the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
avarice; heartlessness; greed
greed; avarice; covetousness
desire to go shopping; desire to buy (something)
having thought for neither gain nor greed; only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)
control of passions; control of appetite
greedy; avaricious; acquisitive
incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice
avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; (lit.) the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)
Examples (3 in total)
He is a man of few wants.
I don't have much desire for wealth.
He is selfish and greedy.