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欲深い: greedy | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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欲深い

JLPT N1Vocabulary

欲深(よくぶか)い

よくぶかい

greedy

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: よくぶかい
Romaji: yokubukai
Meaning: greedy
Word type: i adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 欲深(よくぶか)いです
Present negative: 欲深(よくぶか)くないです
欲深(よくぶか)くありません
Past: 欲深(よくぶか)かったです
Past negative: 欲深(よくぶか)くなかったです
欲深(よくぶか)くありませんでした
Before a noun: 欲深(よくぶか)い
Connective: 欲深(よくぶか)くて
Adverbial: 欲深(よくぶか)く
Ba conditional: 欲深(よくぶか)ければ
Tara conditional: 欲深(よくぶか)かったら
Appearance: 欲深(よくぶか)そうです
Change of state: 欲深(よくぶか)くなります
Excess: 欲深(よくぶか)すぎます
Nominalized: 欲深(よくぶか)いの

Present: 欲深(よくぶか)い
Present negative: 欲深(よくぶか)くない
Past: 欲深(よくぶか)かった
Past negative: 欲深(よくぶか)くなかった
Before a noun: 欲深(よくぶか)い
Connective: 欲深(よくぶか)くて
Adverbial: 欲深(よくぶか)く
Ba conditional: 欲深(よくぶか)ければ
Tara conditional: 欲深(よくぶか)かったら
Appearance: 欲深(よくぶか)そうだ
Change of state: 欲深(よくぶか)くなる
Excess: 欲深(よくぶか)すぎる
Nominalized: 欲深(よくぶか)いの

Example sentences

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欲深(よくぶか)い人(ひと)は、どれだけ財産(ざいさん)を得(え)ても満足(まんぞく

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しない。

A greedy person is never satisfied, no matter how much wealth they acquire.

欲深(よくぶか)い役人(やくにん)は、賄賂(わいろ)を受(う)け取(と)ってもなお要求(ようきゅう)を重(かさ)ねた。

The greedy official continued making demands even after receiving a bribe.

欲深(よくぶか)い彼(かれ)は、友人(ゆうじん)の成功(せいこう)さえ妬(ねた)んだ。

His greed was such that he even envied his friend's success.

欲深(よくぶか)い地主(じぬし)は、貧(まず)しい小作人(こさくにん)から法外(ほうがい)な地代(ちだい)を取(と)り立(た)てた。

The greedy landlord collected exorbitant rents from poor tenant farmers.

Kanji in this lesson

欲longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, cravingJLPT N3 深deep, heighten, intensify, strengthenJLPT N4