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    3. 渇望

    渇望

    渇かつ望ぼう

    craving

    KMT10News #44+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    かつぼう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    craving, longing, thirsting

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    彼かれは成せい功こうを渇かつ望ぼうしている。

    He craves success.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    自じ由ゆうへの渇かつ望ぼうが、彼かれを革かく命めいへと駆かり立たてた。

    His longing for freedom drove him to revolution.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    砂さ漠ばくをさまよう旅たび人びとは、一いっ滴てきの水みずさえも渇かつ望ぼうした。

    The traveler wandering in the desert craved even a single drop of water.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyTravel & TransportationNature & Environment
    彼かの女じょは真しんの愛あい情じょうを渇かつ望ぼうしていたが、なかなか見みつからなかった。

    She longed for true love, but it was hard to find.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    選せん手しゅたちは勝しょう利りを渇かつ望ぼうし、練れん習しゅうに励はげんだ。

    The athletes craved victory and devoted themselves to practice.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    渇
    かわ.く…(1)
    thirst・dry up・parch
    望
    のぞ.む・もち…(4)
    ambition・full moon・hope・desire・aspire to…(1)
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