Word Meaning 欲の熊鷹股裂く

よくのくまたかまたさく yoku no kumatakamatasaku

欲の熊鷹股裂く is read as よくのくまたかまたさく (yoku no kumatakamatasaku) and means avarice brings doom upon oneself.

Meaning

English

  1. avarice brings doom upon oneself
  2. grasp all, lose all
  3. the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)

Reading

Kana

よくのくまたかまたさく

Romaji

yoku no kumatakamatasaku

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 71 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 142333 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

熊鷹

くまたか

Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

欲張り

よくばり

greed

欲張る

よくばる

to be greedy

欲張り法

よくばりほう

greedy algorithm

欲を張る

よくをはる

to lust for

欲得尽

よくとくずく

carrying out mercenary deeds

引き裂く

ひきさく

to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.)

間を裂く

あいだをさく

to estrange (two friends)

切り細裂く

きりこまざく

to cut up small

切裂く

きりさく

to cut off

欲求

よっきゅう

desire