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欲深 (よくふか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 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.
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.
Kanji 欲 longing, covetousness, greed 深 deep, heighten, intensify Similar words 欲よく 張ば り 欲張り is a more common, everyday word for 'greedy' or 'selfish in wanting things'. 欲深 is stronger and more literary, implying a deep-seated, almost insatiable greed.
強ごう 欲よく 強欲 also means 'greedy' or 'avaricious', often used in formal or critical contexts. 欲深 emphasizes the depth of desire, while 強欲 emphasizes the intensity or forcefulness of greed.
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.
