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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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読み方:よく
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(名詞、名詞  接尾辞)
[対訳] greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants

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