食欲
しょくよく · shokuyoku · JLPT N3 · noun
appetite
🍽️ 食欲 = eat (食) + desire (欲): the desire to eat
食 (shoku) means food or eating, as in 食事 (meal). 欲 (yoku) means desire or craving, as in 欲しい (to want). Put together, the word literally says eating-desire. The two halves nearly rhyme too: shoku-yoku.