欲求

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 欲求 is read as よっきゅう and is a noun for an inner desire or urge to satisfy a need or reach a wanted state.
• Basic usage: An urge to sleep appears in 眠りたいという欲求, while a desire to learn something new appears in 知りたいという欲求.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An inner drive arising from need
  • It can describe an impulse from a physical need such as sleep or a psychological desire for knowledge or recognition.
• Difference from 欲望
  • Compared with the term for a strong and sometimes self-interested desire, this word is more neutral in describing psychological or physical needs.