貪: greedy

greedy; to covet; to devour

11 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 2 words here

Readings

タン・ドン・トン

Kun

むさぼる

The verb 貪る is むさぼる; in compounds it is usually ドン, as in 貪欲 (どんよく).

貪るむさぼるto covet; to devour

貪欲どんよくgreed; greedy

貪り食うむさぼりくうto devour

貪婪どんらんinsatiably greedy

空腹くうふくだった彼かれは、出だされた料理りょうりを貪むさぼるように食たべた。

Starving, he devoured the food that was set before him.

彼女かのじょは知識ちしきに貪欲どんよくで、毎日まいにちたくさんの本ほんを読よんでいる。

She is hungry for knowledge and reads many books every day.

少年しょうねんは夜通よどおし、借かりてきた小説しょうせつを貪むさぼり読よんだ。

The boy devoured the novel he had borrowed, reading through the night.