greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
Describes a strong, often excessive desire for money, possessions, power, or food. Can be used as a noun or na-adjective.
He was known as a greedy merchant.
He is a greedy merchant.
Pursue profit greedily.
People tend to become greedy once they gain power.
貪欲 can describe a voracious, even admirable eagerness (e.g. for knowledge), whereas 強欲 is almost always negative, describing greed for money or power.
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.
強欲 is a more formal or literary noun/na-adjective for avarice, whereas 欲深い is a colloquial i-adjective directly describing someone's character.
無欲 describes someone with little or no desire for gain, the opposite of the insatiable greed described by 強欲.
abnormally greedy and cruel; rapacious and inhuman
Standard kanji spelling.
Rarely used kanji form; 慾 is a variant of 欲.
Compound of 強 (strong) and 欲 (desire). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of intense greed.