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羨
envious · envy · covet
N1On: せんKun: うらやましい、うらやむ
Memory Aid
Imagine a **sheep** (羊) always looking at the **next** (次) sheep, feeling a **lack** (欠) of what it has. This makes the sheep **envious**.
'SEN' — It makes no **SEN**se to be envious, does it?
Vocabulary
羨むうらやむto envy
羨ましいうらやましいenviable, envious
羨望せんぼうenvy, yearning
羨望の眼差しせんぼうのまなざしan envious gaze
Example Sentences
彼の成功がとても羨ましい。
I'm very envious of his success.
友達の海外旅行を羨んだ。
I envied my friend's overseas trip.
彼女の自由な生活が羨ましい。
I'm envious of her free lifestyle.
彼はみんなから羨望の目で見られている。
He is looked at with envy by everyone.