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羨うらやましい

い adjectiveadjective (generic)

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うらやましい

Meanings

envious, jealous
enviable (position, etc.)

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょの才能さいのうが羨うらやましい。

I'm envious of her talent.

毎日まいにち海うみの近くちかくに住すめるなんて、本当ほんとうに羨うらやましいと思おもう。

Being able to live near the ocean every day — I truly find that enviable.

彼かれが羨うらやましくないと言いえば嘘うそになる。

It would be a lie to say I'm not envious of him.

君きみの恵めぐまれた環境かんきょうが羨うらやましくてたまらない。

I can't help but feel envious of your privileged environment.

自由じゆうに旅行りょこうできる友人ゆうじんたちを羨うらやましいと思おもう反面はんめん、自分じぶんの仕事しごとにも誇ほこりを持もっている。

While I find my friends who can travel freely enviable, I also take pride in my own work.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)