欲しい
N5ほしい hoshii
- want
い-adjectiveauxiliary adjective
Chinese meanings
想要
Examples
- 友人はマイカーを欲しがっている。My friend wants a car of his own.朋友想要一辆自己的车。
- もっとパイが欲しい人はいますか。Does anyone want some more pie?还有谁想要更多派?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('418493d941'); // 欲しい
{
"id": "418493d941",
"word": "欲しい",
"reading": "ほしい",
"romaji": "hoshii",
"meanings": [
"want"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"adj-i",
"aux-adj"
],
"jmdict_id": 1547330,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "友人はマイカーを欲しがっている。",
"furigana": "{友人|ゆうじん}はマイカーを{欲|ほ}しがっている。",
"en": "My friend wants a car of his own.",
"tatoeba_id": 79360
},
{
"ja": "もっとパイが欲しい人はいますか。",
"furigana": "もっとパイが{欲|ほ}しい{人|ひと}はいますか。",
"en": "Does anyone want some more pie?",
"tatoeba_id": 193337
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9d40ad99ef4ae9a5b431dfa6689dd51d74e4104114ddbec7ee5e2f87d0ec8437",
"meanings": [
"想要"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "友人はマイカーを欲しがっている。",
"zh": "朋友想要一辆自己的车。"
},
{
"ja": "もっとパイが欲しい人はいますか。",
"zh": "还有谁想要更多派?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/418493d941",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "6579aea38878710eb06d4e5688eb32e28a34bb1e99ed3e66418d10a88d049ce5"
}
}