欲張り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
欲 張
よく
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Grade: 5
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
欲ばり

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 欲張る (yokubaru, “to be intensely greedy”).[1][2][3][4]

Appears in texts from 1813.[1]

Ultimately, likely a shift from older synonym 欲ぼり (yokubori), dating to 1519.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

欲(よく)張(ば)り • (yokubari) -na (adnominal 欲(よく)張(ば)りな (yokubari na), adverbial 欲(よく)張(ば)りに (yokubari ni))

  1. very greedy, covetous, avaricious
    欲張(よくば)りな考(かんが)え方(かた)
    yokubari na kangaekata
    a very greedy way of thinking

Inflection

Inflection of 欲張り
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 欲張りだろ よくばりだろ yokubari daro
Continuative (連用形) 欲張りで よくばりで yokubari de
Terminal (終止形) 欲張りだ よくばりだ yokubari da
Attributive (連体形) 欲張りな よくばりな yokubari na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 欲張りなら よくばりなら yokubari nara
Imperative (命令形) 欲張りであれ よくばりであれ yokubari de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 欲張りではない
欲張りじゃない 		よくばりではない
よくばりじゃない 		yokubari de wa nai
yokubari ja nai
Informal past 欲張りだった よくばりだった yokubari datta
Informal negative past 欲張りではなかった
欲張りじゃなかった 		よくばりではなかった
よくばりじゃなかった 		yokubari de wa nakatta
yokubari ja nakatta
Formal 欲張りです よくばりです yokubari desu
Formal negative 欲張りではありません
欲張りじゃありません 		よくばりではありません
よくばりじゃありません 		yokubari de wa arimasen
yokubari ja arimasen
Formal past 欲張りでした よくばりでした yokubari deshita
Formal negative past 欲張りではありませんでした
欲張りじゃありませんでした 		よくばりではありませんでした
よくばりじゃありませんでした 		yokubari de wa arimasen deshita
yokubari ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 欲張りで よくばりで yokubari de
Conditional 欲張りなら（ば） よくばりなら（ば） yokubari nara (ba)
Provisional 欲張りだったら よくばりだったら yokubari dattara
Volitional 欲張りだろう よくばりだろう yokubari darō
Adverbial 欲張りに よくばりに yokubari ni
Degree 欲張りさ よくばりさ yokubarisa

Noun

欲(よく)張(ば)り • (yokubari) 

  1. intense greed, covetousness, avarice
  2. an extremely greedy person

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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