妬み

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 妬み is read as ねたみ and is a noun for jealousy or envy toward another person's position or success.
• Basic usage: Acting spitefully out of jealousy appears in 他人への妬みから意地悪をする, while recognizing one's own envy appears in 自分の妬みに気付く.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Target and cause of the emotion
  • Mark the target in への妬み, and use 妬みから when presenting the emotion as the cause of an action.