EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to covet; to crave; to be greedy for; to hunger for; to lust insatiably for

    Usually written using kana alone

    いいのよ。いままで実のないブランド品を高く売りつけて暴利をむさぼってきたんだから。今後せいぜい良心的な商売にはげめばいいんだわ。
    Never mind that. After all, up till now he's been stuffing himself on huge profits, selling brand-name goods of no real worth at high prices. From now on, he can just try his best at honest trade.
  2. to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to keep doing (without losing interest)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to eat greedily; to devour

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

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covet, indulge in

Kun
むさぼ.る
On
タンドントン
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Radical
shell

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-2-9SKIP code
2a9.20The Kanji Dictionary
8080.6Four corner code
8caaUnicode hex code
1-76-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
505Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5777New Nelson (John Haig)
2630Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1713Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
36680Morohashi
1837Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
tan1Pinyin reading
tamKorean reading