noun
worldly desires; materialistic desires
Refers to cravings for material possessions, wealth, or physical pleasures. Often used in philosophical, religious, or critical contexts about consumerism.
物欲にまみれた生活を送るのは虚しい。
Living a life consumed by material desires is empty.
彼は物欲が強く、いつも新しいガジェットを買っている。
He has strong materialistic desires and is always buying new gadgets.
欲望 is a broader term for any desire or appetite, including non-material ones like power or love. 物欲 specifically targets material goods.
煩悩 is a Buddhist term for all earthly desires and passions that cause suffering, including but not limited to material cravings. 物欲 is a secular, narrower concept.
Compound of 物 (ぶつ, 'thing, object') and 欲 (よく, 'desire, craving'). The reading ぶつよく follows standard on'yomi. The variant 慾 is an older form of 欲.