貪どん欲よく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Describes an intense, often excessive desire for money, possessions, power, or food. Can be used as a noun or na-adjective.

彼かれは貪どん欲よくに金かねをため込こんだ。
He greedily amassed money.
その政せい治じ家かは権けん力りょくに貪どん欲よくだ。
That politician is greedy for power.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に貪どん欲よくだto be greedy/hungry for something (knowledge, success, etc.)
彼かれは知ち識しきに貪どん欲よくな学がく生せいだ。
He is a student who is hungry for knowledge.
貪どん欲よくに〈動どう詞し〉to do something greedily/relentlessly
彼かの女じょは新あたらしい情じょう報ほうを貪どん欲よくに吸きゅう収しゅうしている。
She is greedily absorbing new information.

Kanji

貪covet, indulge in
欲longing, covetousness, greed
慾covetousness, greed, passion

Related words· 8

強ごう欲よく
強欲 emphasizes ruthless, predatory greed for money or power, while 貪欲 can also describe intense but not necessarily malicious desire, even for knowledge or achievement.
欲よく張ばりN2
欲張り is a casual, everyday word for a greedy person or grabby behavior, whereas 貪欲 is more formal and describes a deep, intense avarice.
ハングリー
貪欲 describes an insatiable, often excessive desire (e.g. for money or power), while ハングリー is more neutral, describing a healthy drive to succeed.
卑いやしいN1
貪欲 is a more neutral or even positive word for greedy/ambitious, while 卑しい carries strong moral contempt for the same trait.

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欲よく張ばる
貪欲 is a more formal, literary word for insatiable greed, while 欲張る is the everyday verb for wanting too much.
欲よく深ぶかいN1
貪欲 stresses an insatiable, almost predatory hunger (for knowledge, power, food, etc.), while 欲深い focuses on greed for material gain or possessions.
欲よくN1
貪欲 describes insatiable, extreme greed and is more formal/literary, while 欲 is the general, milder word for desire or craving.
欲よく深ふかN1
貪欲 describes an insatiable, almost animalistic hunger for something (food, knowledge, power), while 欲深 is broader and focuses on greed for material gain.

Opposites

無む欲よくN1
無欲 describes a lack of desire or selfless disinterest, the direct opposite of 貪欲's intense craving.

Don't confuse with

むさぼるN1
貪欲 is a noun/adjective meaning 'greed' or 'avarice', while 貪る is the verb describing the act of greedily coveting or devouring.

Word family

貪どん欲よく法ほう
greedy algorithm

Written forms

貪欲Usage97%
- どんよく
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- たんよく
  out-dated reading
- とんよく
  out-dated reading
貪慾Usage3%
rarely-used kanji form
- どんよく
  Rarely used kanji form; 慾 is an older variant of 欲.
- たんよく
  out-dated reading
- とんよく
  out-dated reading
たんよく
out-dated reading
とんよく
out-dated reading

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound corresponding to Chinese 貪欲, from 貪 “covet” and 欲 “desire.” The Buddhist reading とんよく also remains in use.

Related words· 8

強ごう欲よく

強欲 emphasizes ruthless, predatory greed for money or power, while 貪欲 can also describe intense but not necessarily malicious desire, even for knowledge or achievement.

欲よく張ばりN2

欲張り is a casual, everyday word for a greedy person or grabby behavior, whereas 貪欲 is more formal and describes a deep, intense avarice.

ハングリー

貪欲 describes an insatiable, often excessive desire (e.g. for money or power), while ハングリー is more neutral, describing a healthy drive to succeed.

卑いやしいN1

貪欲 is a more neutral or even positive word for greedy/ambitious, while 卑しい carries strong moral contempt for the same trait.

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欲よく張ばる
貪欲 is a more formal, literary word for insatiable greed, while 欲張る is the everyday verb for wanting too much.
欲よく深ぶかいN1
貪欲 stresses an insatiable, almost predatory hunger (for knowledge, power, food, etc.), while 欲深い focuses on greed for material gain or possessions.
欲よくN1
貪欲 describes insatiable, extreme greed and is more formal/literary, while 欲 is the general, milder word for desire or craving.
欲よく深ふかN1
貪欲 describes an insatiable, almost animalistic hunger for something (food, knowledge, power), while 欲深 is broader and focuses on greed for material gain.

Written forms

貪欲Usage97%

どんよく
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
たんよく
out-dated reading
とんよく
out-dated reading

貪慾Usage3%

rarely-used kanji form

どんよく
Rarely used kanji form; 慾 is an older variant of 欲.
たんよく
out-dated reading
とんよく
out-dated reading

たんよく

out-dated reading

とんよく

out-dated reading