ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

持て(もて)ば持つ(もつ)ほど、欲張り(よくばり)になる。

Vocabulary List

持つ (もつ) (v5t) (1) to hold; to carry; (2) to possess; (P) [EDICT] ば () (n,adj-no) (1) (See ばつが悪い) one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; (2) coherence (e.g. of a conversation) [EDICT] () (n) shit; bullshit [EDICT] () (suf,v5m) (See 黄ばむ,汗ばむ) to be ...y (suffix indicating that something is in the state of the preceding noun, etc.) [EDICT] () (n) burr (e.g. on a machined edge) [EDICT] (場) (n) (1) place; spot; space; (2) field; discipline; sphere; realm; (3) (See その場) occasion; situation; (4) scene (of a play, movie, etc.); (5) session (of the stock market); (6) area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); (7) {physics} field; (8) field (gestalt psychology); (P) [EDICT] ほど (程) (n-adv,n) (1) degree; extent; bounds; limit; (prt) (2) (uk) indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit; (P) [EDICT] (歩度) (n) one's walking pace [EDICT] 欲張り (よくばり) (adj-na,n) avarice; covetousness; greed; (P) [EDICT] に (二) สอง [LongdoJP] () (prt) indicates location of action (formal literary form of "de"); at; in; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (See に,は) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] () (exp) also; too; not ... either; as well; even [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (also にゃあ) (See ねば) if not ... (negative conditional); (2) (See には) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] (荷) (n) (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (P) [EDICT] (似) (suf) takes after (his mother) [EDICT] (丹) (n) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (P) [EDICT] (土) (n) (arch) soil (esp. reddish soil) [EDICT] (尼) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (弐) (num) two (used in legal documents) [EDICT] なる (成る) (v5r,vi) (1) (uk) to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; (2) to result in; to prove to be; (3) to consist of; to be composed of; (4) to succeed; to be complete; (5) to change into; to be exchanged for; (6) (See 成り済ます) to play a role; (7) to be promoted (shogi); (v5r) (8) (hon) (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.) to do ...; (P) [EDICT] (為る) (v5r,vi) (1) (uk) to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; (2) to result in; to prove to be; (3) to consist of; to be composed of; (4) to succeed; to be complete; (5) to change into; to be exchanged for; (6) (See 成り済ます) to play a role; (7) to be promoted (shogi); (v5r) (8) (hon) (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.) to do ...; (P) [EDICT] (生る) (v5r,vi) (uk) to bear fruit; (P) [EDICT] (鳴る) (v5r,vi) to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble; (P) [EDICT]