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    3. 欲張る

    欲張る

    欲よく張ばる​

    to be greedy

    KMT10News #36+1Ref L1Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    欲ばる

    よくばる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be greedy, to be avaricious, to want badly, to desire intensely, to covet

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは欲よく張ばって全ぜん部ぶ食たべた。

    He was greedy and ate everything.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyFood & Dining
    ゲームで欲よく張ばってアイテムを使つかいすぎると、後あとで困こまる。

    If you get greedy and use too many items in a game, you'll be in trouble later.

    KMT8GamesEmotions & Psychology
    欲よく張ばらず、分ぶん相そう応おうに生いきることが幸しあわせへの道みちだ。

    Living within one's means without being greedy is the path to happiness.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    欲よく張ばると、結けっ局きょく何なにも手てに入はいらないこともある。

    If you're too greedy, sometimes you end up with nothing.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは成せい功こうを欲よく張ばるあまり、不ふ正せいな手て段だんに手てを出だしてしまった。

    He was so greedy for success that he resorted to dishonest means.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    欲
    ほっ.する・ほ.しい…(1)
    longing・covetousness・greed・passion・desire…(1)
    Kanji
    張
    は.る・-は.り・-ば.り…(3)
    counter for bows & stringed instruments・stretch・spread・put up (tent)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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