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Answer by Ryo for What is the difference between 欲しい and 要る?
@Leebo's answer is perfect as good Japanese goes. In informal conversation, however, you very often use 要る to mean 欲しい。A: このゲーム機要る？もう使わないんだけど。(Do you want this game console? I don't use it any more.)B:...
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The word 要る can be translated as "to want," but it's more about necessity. If you look at a Japanese dictionary, you are likely to see a definition as simple as 必要である. 欲しい is about desire, 要る has to do...
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I have a question regarding the difference between 欲しい and 要る.So far, what I know both words mean "want". The first one is an adjective and the second one is a godan verb with -ru ending. Now, I...
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