羨ましい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うらや
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From (うらや) (urayamu, to envy, to be jealous of, mizenkei form (うらや) (urayama)) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term).[1][2][3](うらや) (urayamu) is from (うら) (ura, heart, inner feelings) + () (yamu, affected, afflicted, worried).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「羨ましい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 羨ましく らやましく
らやまし

Terminal (終止形) 羨ましい らやまし
Attributive (連体形) 羨ましい らやまし
Key constructions
Informal negative 羨ましくない らやましくない
らやましくない

Informal past 羨ましかった らやましかった
らやましかった

Informal negative past 羨ましくなかった らやましくなかった
らやましくなかった

Formal 羨ましいです らやましいです
Conjunctive 羨ましくて らやましくて
らやましくて

Conditional 羨ましければ らやましければ
らやましければ

Adjective

(うらや)ましい (urayamashii-i (adverbial (うらや)ましく (urayamashiku))

  1. enviable
    いいな、(うらや)ましい
    Ii na, urayamashii.
    Darn, I'm so jealous of you right now.
    (うらや)ましい才能(さいのう)
    urayamashii sainō
    enviable talent
  2. jealous, envious
    (うらや)ましくなる
    urayamashikunaru
    to become jealous

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 羨ましい”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN