物欲

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 物欲(ぶつよく) means a desire to possess things, or material desire.
• Basic usage: It is used when the desire for possessions fades or when new products make that desire hard to resist. Typical patterns are 物欲が薄れる and 物欲を抑える.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Learn the particles used with it
  • Changes in intensity appear in patterns such as 物欲が強い・薄れる, while deliberate restraint is expressed as 物欲を抑える.
• Difference from 欲
  • 欲(よく) broadly covers many kinds of desire, while 物欲 is limited to the desire to own material things.