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願ったり叶ったり

see styles
 negattarikanattari
    ねがったりかなったり
everything working out as desired

Variations:
いたずら心
悪戯心

 itazuragokoro
    いたずらごころ
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

デスィリュージョン

see styles
 desiryuujon / desiryujon
    デスィリュージョン
disillusion

Variations:
ない内に
無い内に

 naiuchini
    ないうちに
(expression) (kana only) (after neg. stem of verb) before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

好ましからざる人物

see styles
 konomashikarazarujinbutsu
    このましからざるじんぶつ
(exp,n) persona non grata; unwelcome person; undesirable person

Variations:
娑婆ッ気
娑婆っ気

 shabakke(娑婆気); shabakke(娑婆気)
    しゃばっけ(娑婆っ気); しゃばッけ(娑婆ッ気)
worldly desires

Variations:
希求
冀求(rK)

 kikyuu / kikyu
    ききゅう
(noun, transitive verb) (form) longing; strong desire; aspiration

Variations:
復讐心
復しゅう心

 fukushuushin / fukushushin
    ふくしゅうしん
desire for revenge; vengeful thought

Variations:
有るべき
在るべき

 arubeki
    あるべき
(pre-noun adjective) (kana only) ideal; desirable; the way something should be; target; goal

Variations:
望むところ
望む所

 nozomutokoro
    のぞむところ
(exp,n) (1) what one desires; what one hopes for; (expression) (2) (as a response to a provocation) suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on; make my day

Variations:
止まない
已まない

 yamanai
    やまない
(exp,aux-adj) (1) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) (See 止む) always; forever; (exp,aux-adj) (2) very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)

Variations:
淫欲
淫慾(rK)

 inyoku
    いんよく
(form) sexual desire; carnal desire; lust

Variations:
物欲
物慾(rK)

 butsuyoku
    ぶつよく
worldly desires; materialistic desires

Variations:
獣欲
獣慾(rK)

 juuyoku / juyoku
    じゅうよく
animal desires; carnal desires; lust

Variations:
私欲
私慾(rK)

 shiyoku
    しよく
self-interest; selfish desire

Variations:
義理マン
義理まん

 giriman(義理man); giriman(義理man)
    ぎりマン(義理マン); ぎりまん(義理まん)
(slang) sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire)

Variations:
色欲
色慾(rK)

 shikiyoku
    しきよく
lust; sexual appetite; carnal desire

起きて半畳寝て一畳

see styles
 okitehanjouneteichijou / okitehanjonetechijo
    おきてはんじょうねていちじょう
(expression) (proverb) one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat

Variations:
さとり世代
悟り世代

 satorisedai
    さとりせだい
(See 悟る・さとる・3) enlightened generation; millennial generation lacking ambition and material desire

Variations:
しゃれっ気
洒落っ気

 sharekke
    しゃれっけ
(1) fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; (2) humor; humour; wit

Variations:

厭(rK)

 iya(p); ya; iya(p)
    いや(P); や; イヤ(P)
(adjectival noun) (1) disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant; (adjectival noun) (2) unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome; (interjection) (3) (kana only) no!; quit it!; stop!

Variations:

慾(rK)

 yoku
    よく
(n,n-suf) greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants

Variations:
食らう
喰らう

 kurau
    くらう
(transitive verb) (1) (vulgar) to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back; (transitive verb) (2) to receive (e.g. a blow); (transitive verb) (3) to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

Variations:
100点満点
百点満点

 hyakutenmanten
    ひゃくてんまんてん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) perfect score; full marks; perfection; leaving nothing to be desired; (2) grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100

Variations:
あり得べき
有り得べき

 ariubeki
    ありうべき
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (kana only) (form) possible; probable; likely; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (kana only) (form) preferable; desirable

Variations:
エロス
エロース

 erosu(p); eroosu
    エロス(P); エロース
(1) eros (grc:); sexual desire; physical love; (2) {grmyth} Eros (god); (3) {phil} (Platonic) Eros; (4) {astron} Eros (asteroid)

Variations:
し放題
仕放題
為放題

 shihoudai / shihodai
    しほうだい
(noun or adjectival noun) having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases

Variations:
兜率天
都率天
都卒天

 tosotsuten
    とそつてん
{Buddh} (See 六欲天) Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita

Variations:
思い
想い
念い

 omoi
    おもい
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) (e.g. A思いのB for 'B who loves A') love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

Variations:
探す
捜す

 sagasu
    さがす
(transitive verb) (1) (esp. 探す for something desired and 捜す for something lost) to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek; (transitive verb) (2) to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around

Variations:
芳しくない
芳しく無い

 kanbashikunai
    かんばしくない
(adjective) poor; not satisfactory; undesirable; unfavourable; unfavorable; disgraceful

Variations:
願い
願(io)

 negai
    ねがい
(1) desire; wish; hope; (2) request; entreaty; plea; appeal; (3) prayer; (n,n-suf) (4) (oft. 願 when used as a suffix) (written) application

Variations:
願い事
願いごと
願事

 negaigoto
    ねがいごと
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

Variations:
仙人
僊人(rK)

 sennin
    せんにん
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) person not bound by earthly desires

Variations:
喜ばしい
悦ばしい

 yorokobashii / yorokobashi
    よろこばしい
(adjective) delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

Variations:
性欲
性慾(rK)

 seiyoku / seyoku
    せいよく
sexual desire; sex drive; lust

Variations:
悪い
惡い(sK)

 warui
    わるい
(adjective) (1) bad; poor; undesirable; (adjective) (2) poor (quality); inferior; insufficient; (adjective) (3) evil; sinful; (adjective) (4) ugly; not beautiful; (adjective) (5) at fault; to blame; in the wrong; (adjective) (6) bad (at doing something); (adjective) (7) unprofitable; unbeneficial; (int,adj-i) (8) sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

Variations:
意欲
意慾(oK)

 iyoku
    いよく
(n,n-suf) will; desire; interest; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)

Variations:
意欲
意慾(rK)

 iyoku
    いよく
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation; urge; ambition

Variations:
打ち出の小槌
打出の小槌

 uchidenokozuchi
    うちでのこづち
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

Variations:
欲望
慾望(iK)

 yokubou / yokubo
    よくぼう
desire; appetite; lust

Variations:
欲望
慾望(rK)

 yokubou / yokubo
    よくぼう
desire; appetite; lust

Variations:
煩悩
煩惱(oK)

 bonnou / bonno
    ぼんのう
(1) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (2) {Buddh} klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

煩悩の犬は追えども去らず

see styles
 bonnounoinuhaoedomosarazu / bonnonoinuhaoedomosarazu
    ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず
(expression) (proverb) one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away

Variations:
退治
対治(rK)

 taiji
    たいじ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) extermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression; subjugation; getting rid of; stamping out; wiping out; rooting out; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); (noun, transitive verb) (3) curing (an illness)

Variations:
思いを遂げる
想いを遂げる

 omoiotogeru
    おもいをとげる
(exp,v1) to achieve one's desire

Variations:
止まない
已まない(rK)

 yamanai
    やまない
(exp,adj-i,aux-adj) (1) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) (See 止む) always; forever; (exp,adj-i,aux-adj) (2) very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)

Variations:
私利私欲
私利私慾(rK)

 shirishiyoku
    しりしよく
(yoji) self-interest; selfish desire; greed

Variations:
選りによって
選りに選って

 yoriniyotte
    よりによって
(expression) (kana only) (used to lament a particularly undesirable outcome or choice) of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

Variations:
上げる
騰げる(sK)

 ageru(p); ageru(sk)
    あげる(P); アゲる(sk)
(transitive verb) (1) (See 手を上げる・1,挙げる・9) (ant: 下げる・2) to raise; to elevate; (transitive verb) (2) to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); (transitive verb) (3) (occ. 騰げる in ref. to price) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); (transitive verb) (4) to show someone (into a room); to let in (e.g. a guest); (transitive verb) (5) (polite language) (kana only) to give; (transitive verb) (6) to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to send (one's child; e.g. to college); (transitive verb) (7) to develop (talent, skill, etc.); to improve; (transitive verb) (8) (See 挙げる・11) to earn (something desirable); to achieve (e.g. a good result); to obtain; (transitive verb) (9) to promote (someone); (transitive verb) (10) to complete; to finish; (transitive verb) (11) (See 声を上げる・1,挙げる・10) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (transitive verb) (12) to raise (one's gaze); to lift up (one's face); to look up; (transitive verb) (13) (See 髪を上げる) to do up (one's hair); (transitive verb) (14) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (transitive verb) (15) to praise; to commend; to flatter; (transitive verb) (16) to make do (with less expenses than expected); to cover expenses (with a given amount); to set costs; (transitive verb) (17) to finish (one's studies); to complete (a lesson); to pass (e.g. a class); (transitive verb) (18) to upload (e.g. an image); to publish (on the internet); to post; (transitive verb) (19) (colloquialism) (esp. as アゲる) to raise someone's spirits; to cheer someone up; to enhance a mood; (v1,vi) (20) (of the tide) to come in; to rise; (v1,vi) (21) {finc} to increase (of market price); to rise (of stock prices); (v1,vi,vt) (22) to vomit; to throw up; (aux-v,v1) (23) (kana only) (polite language) (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else); (suf,v1) (24) (after the -masu stem of a verb) (See 作り上げる・1) to complete ...; (suf,v1) (25) (humble language) (after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility) (See 申し上げる・2) to humbly do ...

Variations:
欲張る
欲ばる(sK)

 yokubaru
    よくばる
(v5r,vi) to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

Variations:
申し分ない
申し分無い

 moushibunnai / moshibunnai
    もうしぶんない
(exp,adj-i) perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable

Variations:
いい目
良い目
好い目(rK)

 iime / ime
    いいめ
(exp,n) (1) dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; (exp,n) (2) good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result

Variations:
不徳の致すところ
不徳の致す所

 futokunoitasutokoro
    ふとくのいたすところ
(expression) (with an apologetic tone) undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa

Variations:
意にかなう
意に適う
意に叶う

 inikanau
    いにかなう
(exp,v5u) to satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire

Variations:
芳しくない
芳しく無い(sK)

 kanbashikunai
    かんばしくない
(adjective) poor; not satisfactory; undesirable; unfavourable; unfavorable; disgraceful

Variations:


 ga(p); ka(sk); ke(sk)
    が(P); ヶ(sk); ケ(sk)
(particle) (1) indicates the subject of a sentence; (particle) (2) (literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names) indicates possession; (conj,prt) (3) but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while; (particle) (4) and; (particle) (5) used after an introductory remark or explanation; (particle) (6) (after the volitional or -まい form of a verb) regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ...; (particle) (7) indicates a desire or hope; (particle) (8) (at sentence end) softens a statement; (particle) (9) (at sentence end) indicates doubt; (particle) (10) (after a noun at the end of an interjection) indicates scorn

心の欲する所に従えども矩を踰えず

see styles
 kokoronohossurutokoronishitagaedomonoriokoezu
    こころのほっするところにしたがえどものりをこえず
(expression) (idiom) (from the Analects of Confucius) following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right

Variations:
悪法もまた法なり
悪法も又法なり

 akuhoumomatahounari / akuhomomatahonari
    あくほうもまたほうなり
(expression) (proverb) (from a quote from Socrates) a law is a law, however undesirable it may be

Variations:
氾濫
はん濫
汎濫(rK)

 hanran
    はんらん
(n,vs,vi) (1) overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge; (n,vs,vi) (2) oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)

Variations:
美味しい
旨味しい(sK)

 oishii(gikun)(p); oishii(sk) / oishi(gikun)(p); oishi(sk)
    おいしい(gikun)(P); オイシイ(sk)
(adjective) (1) (kana only) good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty; (adjective) (2) (kana only) attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable

Variations:
アスピレーション
アスピレイション

 asupireeshon; asupireishon / asupireeshon; asupireshon
    アスピレーション; アスピレイション
(1) aspiration; hope; ambition; desire; (2) aspiration; drawing breath

Variations:
遊ぶ金欲しさ
遊ぶ金ほしさ(sK)

 asobukanehoshisa
    あそぶかねほしさ
desire for money for one's enjoyment (esp. as a motive for a crime)

Variations:
デサリュージョン
デスィリュージョン

 desaryuujon; desiryuujon / desaryujon; desiryujon
    デサリュージョン; デスィリュージョン
disillusion

Variations:
リセットマラソン
リセット・マラソン

 risettomarason; risetto marason
    リセットマラソン; リセット・マラソン
restarting or reinstalling a video game (esp. a mobile game) repeatedly to get a desired item or character (wasei: reset marathon)

Variations:
物欲しそう
もの欲しそう
物ほしそう

 monohoshisou / monohoshiso
    ものほしそう
(adjectival noun) wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking

Variations:
願ったり叶ったり
願ったりかなったり

 negattarikanattari
    ねがったりかなったり
everything working out as desired

Variations:
願い事
願いごと(sK)
願事(sK)

 negaigoto
    ねがいごと
wish; desire; request; prayer

Variations:
上げる
挙げる
揚げる

 ageru
    あげる
(transitive verb) (1) (See 手を挙げる・1) to raise; to elevate; (transitive verb) (2) (See 髪を上げる) to do up (one's hair); (transitive verb) (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) to land (a boat); (transitive verb) (5) (揚げる only) to deep-fry; (transitive verb) (6) to show someone (into a room); (transitive verb) (7) (上げる only) (polite language) (kana only) to give; (transitive verb) (8) to send someone (away); (transitive verb) (9) to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; (transitive verb) (10) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; (transitive verb) (11) (See 声を上げる・1) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (transitive verb) (12) to earn (something desirable); (transitive verb) (13) to praise; (transitive verb) (14) (usu. 挙げる) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (transitive verb) (15) (usu. 挙げる) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (transitive verb) (16) (挙げる only) to arrest; (transitive verb) (17) (挙げる only) to nominate; (transitive verb) (18) (揚げる only) (kana only) to summon (for geishas, etc.); (transitive verb) (19) (上げる only) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (transitive verb) (20) to bear (a child); (transitive verb) (21) (usu. 挙げる) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1,vi) (22) (of the tide) to come in; (v1,vi,vt) (23) to vomit; (aux-v,v1) (24) (kana only) (polite language) (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else); (suf,v1) (25) (after the -masu stem of a verb) (See 作り上げる・1) to complete ...; (suf,v1) (26) (humble language) (after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility) (See 申し上げる・2) to humbly do ...

Variations:
会う
逢う
遭う
遇う

 au
    あう
(v5u,vi) (1) (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance) to meet; to encounter; to see; (v5u,vi) (2) (kana only) (esp. 遭う when in kanji) to have an accident; to have a bad experience

Variations:
思う
想う
念う
憶う
懐う
惟う

 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) (想う has connotations of heart-felt) to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; (transitive verb) (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (transitive verb) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (transitive verb) (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (transitive verb) (5) to expect; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (6) to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want; (transitive verb) (7) to recall; to remember

Variations:
悪い
惡い(oK)
惡るい(oK)

 warui
    わるい
(adjective) (1) bad; poor; undesirable; (adjective) (2) poor (quality); inferior; insufficient; (adjective) (3) evil; sinful; (adjective) (4) ugly; not beautiful; (adjective) (5) at fault; to blame; in the wrong; (adjective) (6) bad (at doing something); (adjective) (7) unprofitable; unbeneficial; (int,adj-i) (8) sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

Variations:
アスピレーション
アスピレイション

 asupireeshon; asupireishon(sk) / asupireeshon; asupireshon(sk)
    アスピレーション; アスピレイション(sk)
(1) aspiration; hope; ambition; desire; (2) aspiration; drawing breath

Variations:
案の定
案の条(sK)
案の上(sK)

 annojou / annojo
    あんのじょう
(adverb) (usu. in ref. to an undesirable outcome) as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

Variations:
至れり尽くせり
至れり尽せり
至れりつくせり

 itareritsukuseri
    いたれりつくせり
(exp,adj-no) perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

Variations:
デザイア
デザイアー
ディザイア
ディザイアー

 dezaia; dezaiaa; dizaia; dizaiaa / dezaia; dezaia; dizaia; dizaia
    デザイア; デザイアー; ディザイア; ディザイアー
desire

Variations:
会う
逢う
遭う
遇う(rK)

 au
    あう
(v5u,vi) (1) (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance) to meet; to encounter; to see; (v5u,vi) (2) (kana only) (esp. 遭う when in kanji) to have an accident; to have a bad experience

Variations:
洒落っ気
しゃれっ気
洒落っけ(sK)
シャレっ気(sK)

 sharekke
    しゃれっけ
(1) fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; (2) humor; humour; wit

Variations:
鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申
百鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申

 鐃述ゃku鐃銃wa申泙鐃銃wa申
    鐃述ゃく鐃銃わ申泙鐃銃わ申
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) perfect score; full marks; perfection; leaving nothing to be desired; (2) grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100

Variations:
申し分のない
申し分の無い
申分のない(sK)
申分の無い(sK)

 moushibunnonai / moshibunnonai
    もうしぶんのない
(exp,adj-i) perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable

Variations:
ケサランパサラン
ケセランパセラン
ケセランパサラン
テンサラバサラ

 kesaranpasaran; keseranpaseran; keseranpasaran; tensarabasara
    ケサランパサラン; ケセランパセラン; ケセランパサラン; テンサラバサラ
(1) flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness; (2) animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

Variations:
飽き足らない
慊らない(rK)
飽足らない(sK)
飽き足らぬ(sK)

 akitaranai
    あきたらない
(exp,adj-i) (form) (oft. as 〜に飽き足らない) (See 飽き足る) unfulfilled (by); unsatisfied (with); (still) not satisfied; leaving something to be desired

Variations:
思う
想う
憶う(rK)
念う(rK)
懐う(sK)
惟う(sK)
意う(sK)

 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) (想う has connotations of heart-felt) to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; (transitive verb) (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (transitive verb) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (transitive verb) (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (transitive verb) (5) to expect; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (6) to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want; (transitive verb) (7) to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love; (transitive verb) (8) to recall; to remember

Variations:
打ち出の小槌
打出の小槌
うちでの小槌(sK)
打ち出の小づち(sK)
打ちでの小槌(sK)
打出の小づち(sK)

 uchidenokozuchi
    うちでのこづち
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

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This page contains 84 results for "Desir" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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