嫉妬

• 読み: しっと
• ローマ字: shitto
• 漢字の分解: 嫉 (shitsu) — to envy; 妬 (to) — to be jealous
• 発音: /ɕit.to/

意味

Jealousy; envy. A painful feeling triggered by another's advantages or romantic rivals.

A noun (also used as a suru verb) covering both envy (wanting what others have) and jealousy (fear of losing what you have to a rival). Stronger and more literary than やきもち (casual jealousy). Common expressions include 嫉妬する (to be jealous), 嫉妬深い (prone to jealousy), and 嫉妬心 (feeling of jealousy).

例文

1. 友人の成功を素直に喜べず、嫉妬してしまった。
2. 嫉妬深い人は恋愛関係で苦労しやすい。
3. 嫉妬は誰にでもある自然な感情だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: relationships, psychology, personal feelings

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 嫉 (shitsu, to envy) + 妬 (to, to be jealous). Both characters contain the 女 (woman) radical, reflecting historical associations of jealousy with women in Chinese literary tradition.

文化的背景

時代: Historical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal