Grow with Kitty

よくばる

欲張る

yokubaru

rare

English

to be greedy

नेपाली

लोभ गर्नु

Examples

  1. 欲張よくばって、食たべすぎました。

    I got greedy and ate too much.

  2. 欲張よくばって仕事しごとを増ふやしたあげく、体からだを壊こわしました。

    I got greedy and kept taking on more work, and in the end I wrecked my health.

  3. 投資とうしでは、欲張よくばらないに越こしたことはありません。

    In investing, it's best not to be greedy.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

欲 11 strokes
張 11 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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