Lingaku欲【よく】
Frequency rank: 5,499. – 5,504. (for form よく: 219.)
- greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix
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Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
The greedy man was by no means satisfied with the reward.
Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
12. あめ雨にもまけずニモマケズきごう／かぜ風にもまけずニモマケズきごう／ゆき雪にもニモなつ夏のノあつ暑さにもまけぬサニモマケヌきごう／じょうぶ丈夫なからだをもちナカラダヲモチきごう／よく慾はなくハナクきごう／けつ決してシテしん瞋らずラズきごう／いつもしずかにわらっているイツモシズカニワラッテイル
He's not beaten by the rain; he's not beaten by the wind; neither the snow nor the heat of the summer will beat him; his body is robust, without greed; he never angers, but is always serenely smiling.