羨せん望ぼう

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羨望する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	羨せん望ぼうする	羨せん望ぼうしない
Polite	羨せん望ぼうします	羨せん望ぼうしません
Past polite	羨せん望ぼうしました	羨せん望ぼうしませんでした
Past	羨せん望ぼうした	羨せん望ぼうしなかった
Te-form	羨せん望ぼうして	羨せん望ぼうしないで
Desire	羨せん望ぼうしたい	羨せん望ぼうしたくない
Potential	羨せん望ぼうできる	羨せん望ぼうできない
Passive	羨せん望ぼうされる	羨せん望ぼうされない
Causative	羨せん望ぼうさせる	羨せん望ぼうさせない
Causative passive	羨せん望ぼうさせられる	羨せん望ぼうさせられない
Volitional	羨せん望ぼうしよう
Polite volitional	羨せん望ぼうしましょう
Imperative	羨せん望ぼうしろ	羨せん望ぼうするな
Conditional	羨せん望ぼうすれば	羨せん望ぼうしなければ
Tara conditional	羨せん望ぼうしたら	羨せん望ぼうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

envy; jealousy

A strong, often longing envy; more intense and literary than 羨ましい. Used for deep admiration mixed with a desire to possess what another has.

彼かれの成せい功こうに対たいする羨せん望ぼうの念ねんを抑おさえられなかった。
I couldn't suppress my feelings of envy toward his success.
彼かの女じょは友ゆう人じんの才さい能のうを羨せん望ぼうしている。
She envies her friend's talent.

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Expressions

羨せん望ぼうの的まとobject of envy; the envy of others

Kanji

羨envious, be jealous, covet
望ambition, full moon, hope

Related words

羨うらやむN2
羨望する is a more formal, written-style word for envying, while 羨む is the everyday spoken verb with the same meaning.
焼やきもちN1
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.
嫉しっ妬とN1
羨望 is a more literary, formal noun focused purely on admiring envy, while 嫉妬 more readily includes the darker, resentful side of jealousy.

Written forms

羨せん望ぼうUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; the character 羨 is not a Jōyō kanji but is common in this word.
せんぼうUsage11%

Etymology

Compound of 羨 (sen, 'envy') and 望 (bō, 'hope, desire'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally conveys a strong, longing envy.