Meaning
covetousness · craving · desire · greed · longing · passion
On'yomi
ヨク
Kun'yomi
ほ.しい · ほっ.する
Common compounds (19)
- 意慾 いよくwill; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation; urge; ambition
- 慾 よくgreed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
- 食慾 しょくよくappetite (for food)
- 慾望 よくぼうdesire; appetite; lust
- 無慾 むよくunselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
- 欲求 よっきゅうdesire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
- 禁慾 きんよくabstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
- 欲しい ほしいI want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
- 欲する ほっするto want; to desire
- 欲しがる ほしがるto appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for
- 私慾 しよくself-interest; selfish desire
- 欲ばり よくばりgreed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person