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独占欲 (dokusenyoku) Japanese meaning: possessiveness | Kotomora

独どく占せん欲よく

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Meanings

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possessiveness; desire to monopolize; desire for control

A strong desire to have someone or something all to oneself, often with a negative connotation of jealousy or unwillingness to share.

彼かれの独どく占せん欲よくが強つよすぎて、友とも達だちと遊あそぶのも許ゆる

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His possessiveness is so strong that he won't even let me hang out with friends.

独どく占せん欲よくから、彼かの女じょは彼かれの携けい帯たいをこっそりチェックしていた。

Out of a desire for control, she secretly checked his phone.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は独どく占せん欲よくが強つよいsomeone has a strong possessive streak
彼かれはとても独どく占せん欲よくが強つよい性せい格かくだ。
He has a very possessive personality.
独どく占せん欲よくを抑おさえるto suppress one's possessiveness
彼かの女じょは彼かれに対たいする独どく占せん欲よくを抑おさえようとした。
She tried to suppress her possessiveness toward him.

Kanji

独single, alone, spontaneously
占fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
欲longing, covetousness, greed

Related words

独どく占せんN1
独占 refers to the act of monopolizing something exclusively, while 独占欲 refers to the underlying psychological desire to do so.
嫉しっ妬とN1
嫉妬 is jealousy or envy usually directed at a rival, whereas 独占欲 is the wish to keep someone or something entirely to oneself, even without a rival.
執しゅう着ちゃくN1
執着 describes a strong, often obsessive attachment to something, while 独占欲 specifically emphasizes the desire to exclude others from sharing it.

Built from

独どく占せん+欲よく

Etymology

Compound of 独占 (monopoly, exclusive possession) and 欲 (desire, greed).