垂涎

すいぜん

Also written すいえん, すいせん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive avid desire; craving; thirst; envy
2. watering at the mouth; drooling (orig. meaning)

Kanji

• 垂 dangle. Read as スイ.
• 涎 saliva; slobber. Read as セン.

Words containing 垂涎

• 垂涎三尺 (すいぜんさんじゃく) avid desire
• 垂涎の的 (すいぜんのまと) object of avid desire

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