よっきゅう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
And can I really resist that kind of urge?
Pitch accent
よ
っきゅう
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs
the three great desires (sleep, food and sex)
Examples (6 in total)
Sleep is one of the three basic human desires.
My wife is possessed with the desire to buy a house.
And can I really resist that kind of urge?
The desire to see her and touch her just keeps growing.
Her desire to be a doctor spurred her on.
In a collectivist society, the desires of a group are emphasized more than the desires of an individual.