欲しい

Meanings

1. wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for
2. I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

Part of speech: i-adjective, aux-adj

Kanji

• 欲

  Meanings

  longing, covetousness, greed, passion

  On reading

  ヨク

  Kun reading

  ほっ.する、ほ.しい

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• 私は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。

  I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.

  Tatoeba #158234 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• この書類をそれぞれ２部ずつコピーしてほしいんだが。

  I'd like two copies of each of these documents.

  Tatoeba #221204 · CC BY 2.0 FR