焼き餅

焼き餅
やきもち【焼き餅】
*jealousy
〖U〗〔人・成功などに対する〕しっと, ねたみ, やきもち, 怨恨(えんこん); ねたみの言動〔of, over, for, to, toward〕.
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やきもち【焼き餅】
1 〔焼いたもち〕 grilled [toasted] rice cake.
2 〔嫉妬〕 jealousy; envy.

●やきもちげんか a quarrel caused by jealousy

・やきもち焼き 〔人〕 a jealous person.

やきもちを焼く be jealous 《of one's wife [husband]》; show [exhibit, burn with] jealousy; be eaten up with envy.

●「そいついい男なのか?」「へえやきもち焼いてんの?」 “So he's good-looking, this guy?”―“Don't tell me you're jealous.”


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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