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欲張る (よくばる, yokubaru) Japanese meaning: be greedy | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 欲張る · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 欲よく 張ば る 欲よく 張ば らない Polite 欲よく 張ば ります 欲よく 張ば りません Past polite 欲よく 張ば りました 欲よく 張ば りませんでした Past 欲よく 張ば った 欲よく 張ば らなかった Te-form 欲よく 張ば って 欲よく 張ば らないで Desire 欲よく 張ば りたい 欲よく 張ば りたくない Potential 欲よく 張ば れる 欲よく 張ば れない Passive 欲よく 張ば られる 欲よく 張ば られない Causative 欲よく 張ば らせる 欲よく 張ば らせない Causative passive 欲よく 張ば らせられる also 欲よく 張ば らされる 欲よく 張ば らせられない also 欲よく 張ば らされない Volitional 欲よく 張ば ろう Polite volitional 欲よく 張ば りましょう Imperative 欲よく 張ば れ 欲よく 張ば るな Conditional 欲よく 張ば れば 欲よく 張ば らなければ Tara conditional 欲よく 張ば ったら 欲よく 張ば らなかったら
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He's always greedy and takes other people's share too.
If you get greedy and try to do everything at once, you'll fail.
Usage patterns 欲よく 張ば って 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something out of greed / greedily overdo something
I got greedy and ended up buying two cakes.
あまり 欲よく 張ば ると 〈 事こと 〉 if you're too greedy, (something bad happens)
If you're too greedy, you'll end up failing at everything.
欲よく 張ば らずに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something without being greedy, staying content with what one has
I chose just one without being greedy about it.
Kanji 欲 longing, covetousness, greed 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread Related words 欲張る describes the act of being greedy in a specific situation, while 欲深い describes a person's inherently greedy character.
貪欲 is a more formal, literary word for insatiable greed, while 欲張る is the everyday verb for wanting too much.
がめつい is a colloquial adjective for someone shrewdly grasping after money or gain, while 欲張る is the more neutral, general verb for being greedy.
Don't confuse with 頑張る (to try hard) and 欲張る (to be greedy) share the ending 張る and a similar sound, but their meanings are completely unrelated.
欲しがる simply means to want or crave something without judgment, whereas 欲張る implies wanting an excessive or selfish amount.
Written forms 欲よく 張ば る Usage 83%
Standard kanji spelling; the most frequent written form.
欲よく ばる Usage 12%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
よくばる Usage 5%
Etymology Compound of 欲 (yoku, 'greed, desire') + 張る (haru, 'to stretch, to be obstinate'), with rendaku voicing to ばる. The combination suggests 'stretching one's greed' or 'insisting on one's desires'.
