敵意

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 敵意 (てきい) means a hostile intention or feeling toward another. 敵意がない denies it; 敵意を招く causes it in others.
• Basic usage: A speaker communicates no hostility toward another person; a careless remark provokes hostility among people nearby.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Hostility absent in the speaker and hostility aroused in others
  • The experiencer in the first context is the speaker; in the second it is 周囲. Distinguish a negative state from a causative outcome.