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：2026/01/08
むさぼる
Kanji
貪る
Verb
Japanese Meaning
むさぼる：際限なくほしがったり、自分の欲望を抑えずに欲求を満たそうとするさま。 / 特に、食べ物や金銭、名誉、快楽などを欲深く求めること。 / 英語「to devour」は「がつがつ食べる」のほか「貪るように読む・楽しむ」などの比喩的用法もあり、日本語「むさぼる」も同様に、ある行為に夢中になってのめり込む意味を持つ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
よくばって、ものやたのしみをたくさんほしがり、もとめつづける。たべものをがつがつたべることもいう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
贪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽 / 贪求；贪图 / 沉溺于某事物
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
狼吞虎嚥 / 貪婪地吃 / 貪求、貪圖
Korean Meaning
게걸스럽게 먹다 / 탐내다 / 탐닉하다
Indonesian
melahap; makan dengan rakus / menikmati (bacaan/kesenangan, dsb.) dengan rakus / memuaskan nafsu secara berlebihan
Vietnamese Meaning
ăn ngấu nghiến / đắm chìm một cách tham lam / vơ vét tham lam
Tagalog Meaning
lamunin / magpakasawa (sa ...) / maghangad nang labis
Sense（1）
貪る: to devour
（ romanization ）
（ stem ）
（ past ）
Quizzes for review
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He devoured the pizza.
See correct answer
彼はピザをむさぼるように食べた。
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