motivation, drive

Kanji in this word

• 意 idea, mind
• 欲 longing, desire

Example sentences

• その老人ろうじんは生いきる意欲いよくをなくした。

  Sono roujin wa ikiru iyoku o nakushita.

  The old man lost the will to live.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 意味 meaning
• 意見 opinion
• 注意 attention, caution
• 用意 preparation, getting ready
• 意外 unexpected, surprising
• 意地悪 mean-spirited, spiteful