妬く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妬
Grade: S
irregular

Verb

妬(や)く • (yaku) godan (stem 妬(や)き (yaki), past 妬(や)いた (yaita))

alternative spelling of 焼く (yaku): to envy, be jealous (of)
- 2018 September 24, “Ore no onna ni chikazuku-na! [Don’t go near my girl!]”, in Koi memo‎^[1]:
  
  女(じょ)性(せい)の場(ば)合(あい)、やきもちを妬(や)くと彼(か)氏(れし)にあたったり、明(あき)らかに態(たい)度(ど)を変(か)えたりしますが男(だん)性(せい)の場(ば)合(あい)は、やきもちを妬(や)いているということを知(し)られたらカッコ悪(わる)いと思(おも)っている人(ひと)が多(おお)い
  Josei no baai, yakimochi o yaku to kareshi ni atattari, akiraka ni taido o kaetari shimasu ga dansei no baai wa, yakimochi o yaite-iru to iu koto o shiraretara kakko warui to omotte-iru hito ga ōi
  If it’s a woman who is jealous of a boyfriend, many people think her change in attitude is natural, but if they hear about a man being jealous they think that is uncool.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "妬く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	妬か	やか	yaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	妬き	やき	yaki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	妬く	やく	yaku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	妬く	やく	yaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	妬け	やけ	yake
Meireikei ("imperative")	妬け	やけ	yake
Key constructions
Passive	妬かれる	やかれる	yakareru
Causative	妬かせる妬かす	やかせるやかす	yakaseru yakasu
Potential	妬ける	やける	yakeru
Volitional	妬こう	やこう	yakō
Negative	妬かない	やかない	yakanai
Negative continuative	妬かず	やかず	yakazu
Formal	妬きます	やきます	yakimasu
Perfective	妬いた	やいた	yaita
Conjunctive	妬いて	やいて	yaite
Hypothetical conditional	妬けば	やけば	yakeba

Related terms

妬(ねた)む (netamu, “to envy”)
羨(うらや)む (urayamu, “to be envious”)
嫉(しっ)妬(と) (shitto, “jealousy, envy”)
焼(や)き餅(もち) (yakimochi, “jealousy”, literally “toasted rice cake”)

References

“^△妬く”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026