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欲深い
Meaning in Englishgreedy
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What it means
What does 欲深い mean? It denotes a person whose desires are deeply rooted and insatiable, indicating a strong, often negative, craving for wealth, status, or pleasures.
Main meanings
- Greedy or insatiable in pursuing desires
- Figuratively used for ambitions or appetites beyond needs
- Conveys a moral judgment about a person's character
How to use it
Used in formal, literary, or critical contexts to describe someone with excessive desires; typically conveys a negative appraisal and is more common in writing than casual speech; can appear in statements like 欲深い人は注意が必要だ.
Variants and close terms
- 貪欲な (どんよくな, donyoku na) — greedy
- 強欲な (ごうよくな, gouyoku na) — avaricious
- 欲張り (よくばり, yokubari) — greedy person
- 無欲 (むよく, muyoku) — lack of desire, ungreedy
Composition
- 欲 — desire, craving; on-yomi yoku; root meaning
- 深 — deep; relates to depth or extent of desire; used in the compound as depth of craving
- い — adjective ending that forms an i-adjective
Word class
adjective (形容詞, イ形容詞)
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Related words by kanji and components
N1
情深い
nasakebukai
tender-hearted, compassionate
N1
意欲
iyoku
will, desire, ambition
N1
欲
yoku
greed, wants
N1
欲望
yokubou
desire, appetite
N2
深夜
shinya
late at night
N2
欲張り
yokubari
greedy
N3
食欲
shokuyoku
appetite
N3
深刻
shinkoku
serious, grave, severe
N3
深まる
fukamaru
to deepen, to heighten, to intensify
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