欲張る

よくばる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

Kanji

• 欲 want. Read as ヨク.
• 張 stretch. Read as はる.

Example sentences

• 欲張っても食べきれないよ。
  Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
• 欲張って食べ過ぎないように。
  Don't get greedy and eat too much.
• そんなに欲張らないの。
  Don't be so greedy.

Words containing 欲張る

• 欲張り法 (よくばりほう) greedy algorithm

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