JLPT N2 · な-adjective

欲張り (yokubari)

欲張り (よくばり, yokubari) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “greed; avarice”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よくばり
Romaji: yokubari
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

持てば持つほど、欲張りになる。

The more you have, the more you want.

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

Conjugation of 欲張り

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	欲張りだ	よくばりだ yokubarida
Present (polite)	欲張りです	よくばりです yokubaridesu
Negative	欲張りじゃない	よくばりじゃない yokubarijanai
Past	欲張りだった	よくばりだった yokubaridatta
Negative past	欲張りじゃなかった	よくばりじゃなかった yokubarijanakatta
Te-form	欲張りで	よくばりで yokubaride
Before a noun	欲張りな	よくばりな yokubarina
Adverb (~ni)	欲張りに	よくばりに yokubarini

Kanji in 欲張り

欲

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

張

counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spreadチョウ・は.る・-は.り · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 欲張り.

欲しいほしいwanting (to have)食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)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頑張るがんばるto persevere主張しゅちょうclaim緊張きんちょうtension引っ張るひっぱるto pull拡張かくちょうexpansion出張しゅっちょうbusiness trip威張るいばるto put on airs張り切るはりきるto be in high spirits

Source: JMdict entry 1547390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.