羨望

• 読み: せんぼう
• ローマ字: senbou
• 漢字の分解: 羨 (sen) — envy, admire, covet; 望 (bō) — hope, desire, gaze
• 発音: /seɴ.boː/

意味

Envy; longing admiration. A feeling of wanting what someone else has.

A noun and suru-verb (他動詞) describing the feeling of envying someone or something. More formal and literary than うらやましい, 羨望 is often used in written Japanese and carries a sense of admiring longing rather than bitter jealousy. 羨望の眼差し (a look of envy) is a very common expression.

例文

1. 彼の成功は周囲の羨望の的だった。
2. 海外で自由に暮らす友人を羨望した。
3. 羨望の眼差しで新車を見つめていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, formal writing, psychology

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 羨 (sen, envy/admire) + 望 (bō, desire/gaze). Literally 'envious gazing' — looking at something desirable with longing.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal