妬く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妬
Grade: S
irregular

Verb

妬(や)く • (yaku) godan (stem 妬(や)き (yaki), past 妬(や)いた (yaita))

  1. Alternative spelling of 焼く (yaku): to envy, be jealous (of)
    • 2018 September 24, “Ore no onna ni chikazuku-na! [Don’t go near my girl!]”, in Koi memo‎:
      女(じょ)性(せい)の場(ば)合(あい)、やきもちを妬(や)くと彼(か)氏(れし)にあたったり、明(あき)らかに態(たい)度(ど)を変(か)えたりしますが男(だん)性(せい)の場(ば)合(あい)は、やきもちを妬(や)いているということを知(し)られたらカッコ悪(わる)いと思(おも)っている人(ひと)が多(おお)い
      Josei no baai, yakimochi o yaku to kareshi ni atattari, akiraka ni taido o kaetari shimasu ga dansei no baai wa, yakimochi o yaite-iru to iu koto o shiraretara kakko warui to omotte-iru hito ga ōi
      If it’s a woman who is jealous of a boyfriend, many people think her change in attitude is natural, but if they hear about a man being jealous they think that is uncool.

Conjugation

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