欲張り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よく
Grade: 6
は > ば
Grade: 5
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
欲ばり

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 欲張る (yokubaru, to be intensely greedy).[1][2][3][4]

Appears in texts from 1813.[1]

Ultimately, likely a shift from older synonym 欲ぼり (yokubori), dating to 1519.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(よく)() • (yokubari) -na (adnominal (よく)() (yokubari na), adverbial (よく)() (yokubari ni))

  1. very greedy, covetous, avaricious
    欲張(よくば)(かんが)(かた)
    yokubari na kangaekata
    a very greedy way of thinking

Inflection

Noun

(よく)() • (yokubari) 

  1. intense greed, covetousness, avarice
  2. an extremely greedy person

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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