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焼きもち (yakimochi) Japanese meaning: jealousy | Kotomora
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女じょ
性せい
と
話はな
す
と
すぐ
焼や
きもち
を
焼や
く
。
She gets jealous right away when he talks to other women.
Don't be jealous over something like that.
Usage patterns 焼や きもちを 焼や く to be/act jealous
She gets jealous as soon as he talks to other women.
焼や きもちを 食た べる to eat roasted mochi
On New Year's Day I ate roasted mochi with soy sauce.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 焼や きもちを 焼や く to be jealous of someone
The younger sister is always jealous of her older sister.
Related words 嫉妬 is a stronger, more formal word for jealousy or envy, while 焼きもち is the everyday, often affectionate term used mainly for romantic jealousy.
妬み is a plain noun for envy or resentment that can apply to success or possessions, whereas 焼きもち is specifically the light, colloquial word for romantic jealousy.
羨望 is a formal word for envious admiration of someone's abilities or status, while 焼きもち is casual and centers on romantic or personal jealousy.
Written forms 焼や きもち Usage 15%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; usually written in kana.
やきもち Usage 48%
Hiragana spelling; very common for both senses, especially the jealousy sense.
ヤキモチ Usage 22%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling; used for emphasis, in casual writing, or when the word is treated as a sound-symbolic expression.
焼や き 餅もち Usage 10%
Etymology The jealousy sense is said to come from the image of a roasted rice cake puffing up and burning, likened to the feeling of jealousy burning inside. The food sense is a straightforward compound of 焼き (grilled) and 餅 (mochi).
Full kanji spelling; less common than 焼きもち or kana, but still encountered.
焼やき 餅もち Usage 7%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated kanji form; rarely used in practice.
