欲しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 欲しい – see the following entry.
ほしい
欲しい: wanted, desired, needed
(after a - verb form) wanted or desirable that someone perform the verb
(This term, 欲しい, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)