expression, takes genitive case の

  1. as much as one wants, as many as one wants, all that one wishes for.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
欲しいだけ ほしいだけ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

longing, covetousness, greed
ほ.しい ヨク ほっ.する (6th, N3)
valley
たに や コク (2nd, N2)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)