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よく【欲】
[音]ヨク(呉)(漢) [訓]ほっする ほしい[学習漢字]6年
1不足、不満を満たしたいと願う。ほしがる。「欲求・欲情・欲心・欲念・欲望」
2(「慾」と通用)ほしがる気持ち。「欲火・欲界/愛欲・意欲・禁欲・五欲・強欲(ごうよく)・私欲・嗜欲(しょく)・情欲・食欲・性欲・大欲・貪欲(どんよく)・肉欲・物欲・無欲・利欲」
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よく【欲】
〔欲望〕(a) desire ((for; to do; that));〔貪欲どんよく〕greed,《文》 avarice
・娘に死なれ,生きる欲もなくなった
Having lost my daughter, I have 「no interest in life [no desire to go on living].
・妻は欲のない女です
〔物を欲しがらない〕My wife is a woman of few wants./〔欲張りでない〕My wife is far from greedy [《文》 avaricious].
・所有欲の強い彼は妻にひどくやきもちを焼いた
He was so possessive that he was an extremely jealous husband.
・彼は権力[名誉]欲が強い
He has a strong desire for power [fame]./He is hungry for power [fame].
・欲に目がくらんだ
He was blind with greed [avarice].
・彼は欲の皮が突っ張っている
He is as greedy as he can be.
・欲も得もなく眠りこけた
He slept on, forgetting [dead to] everything.
・欲を言えばもう少し思いやりがあるといい
「I wish [If only] he were a little more considerate.
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[対訳] greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
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