欲す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欲
ほり
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

欲り (hori, “want”) +‎ す (su, “to do”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾʲisɨᵝ]

Verb

欲(ほり)す • (horisu) transitive

  1. Classical Japanese form of 欲する (hossuru, “to want”)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2868:
      己(おの)が命(いのち)を長(なが)く欲(ほり)すれ
      ono ga inochi o nagaku horisure
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Inflection

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