Detail word “貪欲”
どんよく とんよく たんよく
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do/n'yoku‾
◆ raga (desire)
☆ adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
☆ kind. n
◆ greed
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His honor was corroded by greed.
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Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
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My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.
☆ adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
☆ kind. n
◆ avarice
☆ adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
☆ kind. n
◆ covetousness
Antonym
  • 無欲
  • 恬淡
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The kanji
欲 「ヨク」
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Kanji radicals:
訓: ほっ.する ほ.しい
音: ヨク
貪 「タン トン」
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Kanji radicals:
訓: むさぼ.る
音: タン トン