欲よく深ふか

also: よくぶか

よ

く

ふ

か

JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

greedy; avaricious; covetous

Describes a person or attitude that is deeply greedy, often with a nuance of insatiable desire for money, possessions, or power. Slightly literary or emphatic compared to everyday words like 欲張り.

彼かれは欲よく

深ふか

な

人にん

間げん

で

、

いくら

お

金かね

が

あっ

て

も

満まん

足ぞく

し

ない

。

He is a greedy person; no matter how much money he has, he is never satisfied.

欲よく深ふかに利り益えきを追おい求もとめる企き業ぎょうは、いつか信しん頼らいを失うしなう。

A company that greedily pursues profit will eventually lose trust.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は欲よく深ふかだsomeone is greedy/avaricious
あの商しょう人にんは欲よく深ふかで、いつも他た人にんを出だし抜ぬこうとする。
That merchant is avaricious and always tries to get ahead of others.
欲よく深ふかな〈人ひと〉a greedy/avaricious person
欲よく深ふかな男おとこが全すべての財ざい産さんを独ひとり占じめしようとした。
The avaricious man tried to hoard all the fortune for himself.

Kanji

欲longing, covetousness, greed
深deep, heighten, intensify

Related words

欲よく張ばりN2
欲張り is the common, everyday word for being greedy or selfish about wanting things, while 欲深 is a stronger, more literary term implying deep-seated, insatiable greed.
強ごう欲よく
強欲 stresses the intensity or ruthlessness of greed (often in formal/critical contexts), whereas 欲深 emphasizes the depth and persistence of the desire itself.
貪どん欲よくN1
貪欲 describes an insatiable, almost animalistic hunger for something (food, knowledge, power), while 欲深 is broader and focuses on greed for material gain.

Opposites

無む欲よくN1
無欲 describes someone free of greed or desire, the direct opposite of 欲深, which describes someone consumed by deep greed.

Don't confuse with

意い欲よくN2
意欲 means motivation or eagerness to do something (a positive drive), which learners can confuse with 欲深 due to the shared kanji 欲, but 欲深 means greed for possessions or gain.

Written forms

欲深Usage100%
- よくふか
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading よくふか is the most common.
- よくぶか
  Alternate reading, also encountered. The meaning is the same.
よくぶか

Etymology

Compound of 欲 (yoku, 'desire, greed') and 深 (fuka, 'deep'). The reading よくぶか is a variant with rendaku-like voicing, though the exact historical derivation is uncertain.