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Kanji: 欲しがっています
Hiragana: ほしがっています
Katakana: ホシガッテイマス

Romaji: hoshigatte imasu
English Meaning: to want, to desire (showing the third person's desire; polite)

Example Sentences:

彼はクリスマスプレゼントにゲーム機を欲しがっています。
kare wa kurisumasu purezento ni gēmuki o hoshigatte imasu.
For Christmas he wants a game console.
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Related Words:

欲|しがる
Standard

ほ|しがる

ホ|シガル

hoshigaru

to want, to desire (showing the third person's desire)

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欲|しい
Standard

ほ|しい
Standard

ホ|シイ

hoshii

to want, to desire

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がる
Standard

ガル

garu

(subsidiary verb)

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