JLPT N5 · い-adjective

欲しい (hoshii)

欲しい (ほしい, hoshii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “wanting (to have); desiring”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほしい
Romaji: hoshii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for · い-adjective
I want (you, them, etc.) to (do) · い-adjective, auxiliary adjective · usually written in kana · after the -te form of a verb

Example sentences

私は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。

I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.

Tatoeba #158234

この書類をそれぞれ２部ずつコピーしてほしいんだが。

I'd like two copies of each of these documents.

Tatoeba #221204

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

Conjugation of 欲しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	欲しい	ほしい hoshii
Negative	欲しくない	ほしくない hoshikunai
Past	欲しかった	ほしかった hoshikatta
Negative past	欲しくなかった	ほしくなかった hoshikunakatta
Te-form	欲しくて	ほしくて hoshikute
Adverb (~ku)	欲しく	ほしく hoshiku
Conditional (~ba)	欲しければ	ほしければ hoshikereba

Kanji in 欲しい

欲

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 欲しい.

食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)欲張りよくばりgreed欲よく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 1547330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.