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欲ほしい

N5
ほしい hoshii
  1. want
い-adjectiveauxiliary adjective

Chinese meanings

想要

Examples

  • 友ゆう人じんはマイカーを欲ほしがっている。
    My friend wants a car of his own.
    朋友想要一辆自己的车。
  • もっとパイが欲ほしい人ひとはいますか。
    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"
  }
}