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欲張る (よくばる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be greedy ; want too much ; covet
Describes a person who tries to get more than they need or deserve, often in a negative sense. Used for material things, opportunities, or abstract desires.
一いち
度ど
に
全ぜん
部ぶ
やろう
と
欲よく
張ば
る
と
、
失しっ
敗ぱい
する
よ
。
If you get greedy and try to do everything at once, you'll fail.
Written forms 欲よく 張ば る Usage 83%
Standard kanji spelling; the most frequent written form.
欲よく ばる Usage 12%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
よくばる Usage 5%
Kanji 欲 longing, covetousness, greed 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread Similar words 欲よく 深ぶか い An adjective meaning 'deeply greedy' or 'insatiable'; more intense and often used for a person's character, while 欲張る focuses on the act of being greedy in a specific situation.
欲ほ しい An adjective meaning 'want' or 'desire'; 欲張る implies an excessive or selfish desire, whereas 欲しい is neutral.
Etymology Compound of 欲 (yoku, 'greed, desire') + 張る (haru, 'to stretch, to be obstinate'), with rendaku voicing to ばる. The combination suggests 'stretching one's greed' or 'insisting on one's desires'.
