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JLPT N1 · Noun

欲 (yoku)

欲 (よく, yoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “greed; craving”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
よく
Romaji
yoku
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger · noun, suffix noun

Example sentences

彼は欲の少ない人だ。
He is a man of few wants.
Tatoeba #99167

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 欲

欲
longing, covetousness, greedヨク・ほっ.する・ほ.しい · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 欲.

欲しいほしいwanting (to have)食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)欲張りよくばりgreed意欲いよくwill欲望よくぼうdesire欲深いよくふかいgreedy

Source: JMdict entry 1547320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.