| 欲 | meaning | 'longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving' |
| onyomi | ヨク | |
| kunyomi | ほっ.する, ほ.しい |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 欲しい | ほしい | want (adjective) |
| 欲張り | よくばり | avarice, covetousness, greed |
| 食欲 | しょくよく | appetite (for food) |
| 己所不欲勿施於人 | おのれのほっせざるところひとにほどこすことなかれ | don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you |
| 意欲 | いよく | will, desire, ambition |
| 欲 | よく | greed, craving, desire, avarice, wants |
| 欲しがる | ほしがる | to desire, to want, to wish for, to covet |
| 欲する | ほっする | to want, to desire |
| 欲の奴隷 | よくのどれい | slave to avarice |
| 欲望 | よくぼう | desire, appetite, lust |
| 欲求 | よっきゅう | desire |
| 無欲 | むよく | unselfish, disinterested, unavaricious, free of avarice |
| 禁欲 | きんよく | abstinence, abnegation |
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