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欲の奴隷 (よくのどれい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

欲よくの奴ど隷れい

Meanings

1

noun

slave to greed; slave to avarice

A person who is completely controlled by their own greed or material desires.

彼かれは金かねもうけのことしか考かんがえていない、まさに欲よくの奴ど隷れいだ。
He thinks of nothing but making money; he is truly a slave to greed.

Kanji

欲longing, covetousness, greed
奴guy, slave, manservant
隷slave, servant, prisoner

Etymology

Compound of 欲 (greed, desire) + の (possessive particle) + 奴隷 (slave). The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of describing a person as a slave to a particular vice or obsession.