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無欲 (むよく, muyoku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “unselfish”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
彼は 本当に 無欲です
He is really unselfish.
大欲は 無欲に 似たり。
Grasp all, lose all.《
また、恬淡無欲の人であった。
He was also unattached and free from desires.『
塵塚物語』は経久のことを「天性無欲正直の人」と評している。
In "Chirizuka Monogatari", he is described as born unselfish and honest.
戒律と称名念仏の一致を唱え、宮中や公家・女官・守護などに無欲と慈悲を説いた。
He preached the agreement between the precepts of Buddhism and the Invocation of Buddha's Name, and lectured on unselfishness and mercy at the Imperial Court and for court nobles and ladies, and provincial constables.
諺》 大欲は無欲. All covet all lose.大欲は無欲に似たり. Grasp all, lose all. 大欲は無欲に似たり。
Grasp all, lose all.
兄・尊氏が山のように贈られてきた品物を部下たちにすべて分け与えたほど無欲だったというエピソードは有名であるが、直義はそもそもそういう贈り物を受け取ること自体嫌った、と言われている。
Tadayoshi's selflessness that saw him give to his subordinates all of the many gifts which were showered upon him by his elder brother Takauji is well known, but it is said that Tadayoshi originally disliked accepting such gifts.
板垣は日本の民主主義発展に大きな功績を残したが、彼自身は無欲恬淡、金銭欲も淡白でしたたかさがなく（端的に言えば「いい人」）、清濁合わせ呑むことが要求される政治家としては必ずしも有能だったとは言えない。
While there is no doubt that Itagaki immensely contributed to the growth of Japan's democracy, however, because of his selfless character with no thirst for money and with no wiliness (that is to say, he was simply "a nice person"), he was not necessarily an adept politician, a profession that requires to be broad-minded enough to deal with all sorts of good and evil.