- 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〕.¶ → 焼き餅焼きの* * *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.