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    3. 欲しい

    欲しい

    欲ほし​い​

    wanting (to have)

    N5KMT8News #18+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ほしい

    Adjective

    1.
    wanting (to have), desiring, wishing for

    Adjective, Auxiliary

    2.
    I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
    word usually written using kana alone

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    新あたらしい本ほんが欲ほしいです。

    I want a new book.

    KMT3Daily Life
    私わたしは彼かれに成せい功こうして欲ほしいと願ねがっている。

    I wish for him to succeed.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは、もっと自じ由ゆうに生いきたいと強つよく欲ほしいと願ねがっていた。

    She strongly wished to live more freely.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    子こ供どもたちは親 にもっと褒ほめて欲ほしいと思おもっている。

    Children want their parents to praise them more.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    誰だれもが心こころの底そこでは、誰だれかに理り解かいして欲ほしいと願ねがっているものだ。

    Everyone, deep down, wishes for someone to understand them.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy

    Characters that make up this word

    欲
    ほっ.する・ほ.しい…(1)
    longing・covetousness・greed・passion・desire…(1)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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