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欲張り (よくばり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

欲よく張ばり

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun, na-adjective

greed; avarice; greedy person

Describes a strong desire for more than one needs, often in a negative sense. Can refer to the trait itself or a person who is greedy.

彼かれは欲よく張ばりだから、いつもお菓か子しを一人ひとりで全ぜん部ぶ食たべてしまう。
He's greedy, so he always eats all the snacks by himself.

欲よく張ばりは結けっ局きょく損そんをするものだ。

Greed often ends up causing you to lose out.

Written forms

欲よく張ばりUsage65%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency priority.
よくばりUsage23%
欲よくばりUsage12%
Mixed kana-kanji variant; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

欲longing, covetousness, greed
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Similar words

欲よく深ふかい
An adjective meaning deeply greedy or insatiable; more intense and literary than 欲張り.
強ごう欲よく
A noun or na-adjective for avarice or rapacity; often used in formal or critical contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 欲 (yoku, 'desire') and 張り (hari, from 張る, 'to stretch' or 'to insist'), suggesting a person who stretches their desires too far. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.