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欲する — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • desire verb To want something strongly.
  • want verb To wish for or desire something.
  • wish noun A hope or desire for something, especially something not fully within your control.

Senses

欲する is used for these senses in English:

  • desire To want; to wish for earnestly.
  • desire To want emotionally or sexually.
  • want (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
  • wish (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.

desire — full definition

  1. verb To want something strongly.
  2. noun A strong feeling of wanting something.

want — full definition

  1. verb To wish for or desire something.
  2. verb To need or require something.
  3. noun A desire or wish.
  4. noun A lack or shortage of something needed.

Related Japanese words