贅ぜい沢たく

noun or participle which takes 'suru'

live in luxury; indulge oneself

Verb sense with する, describing the act of living luxuriously or indulging in extravagance.

• たまには贅ぜい沢たくして高こう級きゅうレストランに行いこう。

  Let's indulge ourselves and go to a fancy restaurant for a change.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころに贅ぜい沢たくしすぎて借しゃっ金きんを作つくった。

  He lived too extravagantly in his youth and ended up in debt.

na-adjective

lavish; abundant; copious; wasteful

Often used adverbially as 贅沢に to describe using something in a lavish, generous, or wasteful manner.

• 彼かの女じょはバターを贅ぜい沢たくに使つかったケーキを焼やいた。

  She baked a cake using butter lavishly.

• 時じ間かんを贅ぜい沢たくに使つかって旅りょ行こうを楽たのしんだ。

  I enjoyed the trip, spending time abundantly.

na-adjective, noun

excessive; unreasonable

Used in the phrase 贅沢を言う to mean making excessive or unreasonable demands. Also appears in other contexts implying something is too much to ask for.

See also: 贅沢を言う

• 給きゅう料りょうをもらっているだけでも贅ぜい沢たくを言いうな。

  Don't make excessive demands; you're lucky just to be getting a salary.

• この状じょう況きょうで文もん句くを言いうのは贅ぜい沢たくだ。

  Complaining in this situation is unreasonable.