worldly desires; materialistic desires
Refers to cravings for material possessions, wealth, or physical pleasures. Often used in philosophical, religious, or critical contexts about consumerism.
Living a life consumed by material desires is empty.
He has strong materialistic desires and is always buying new gadgets.
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and common usage.
Rarely used kanji form; 慾 is a variant of 欲.
Compound of 物 (ぶつ, 'thing, object') and 欲 (よく, 'desire, craving'). The reading ぶつよく follows standard on'yomi. The variant 慾 is an older form of 欲.