羨望

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 羨望, read せんぼう, means envy of another person's ability or circumstances.
• Basic usage: It expresses envy of something such as another person's freedom or outstanding skill.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The person feeling envy and its object
  • 友人に羨望の念を抱いた means feeling envy toward a friend.
  • In 技術は若い職人たちの羨望を集めた, the outstanding skill attracted the envy of young artisans.
• Praise and envy
  • 称賛 focuses on praising excellence, while 羨望 focuses on wishing to have a similar advantage oneself. A positive appraisal alone does not make them equivalent.