Word Meaning やきもちを焼く

やきもちをやく yakimochioyaku

やきもちを焼く is read as やきもちをやく (yakimochioyaku) and means to be jealous.

Meaning

English

to be jealous

Reading

Kana

やきもちをやく

Romaji

yakimochioyaku

Writing Variants

ヤキモチを焼く やきもちをやく yakimochioyaku
ヤキモチを妬く やきもちをやく yakimochioyaku
やきもちを妬く やきもちをやく yakimochioyaku
焼きもちを焼く やきもちをやく yakimochioyaku

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 133343 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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焼く

やく

to burn

世話を焼く

せわをやく

to take care of someone

手を焼く

てをやく

to not know what to do with

焼き付く

やきつく

to be scorched into

焼け付く

やけつく

to burn

身を焼く

みをやく

to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)

焼けぼっくいに火がつく

やけぼっくいにひがつく

the embers of a former relationship flare up again

焼き肉

やきにく

roasted meat

焼き鳥

やきとり

failing to win a single hand during a half-game

焼きそば

やきそば

yakisoba

焼き畑

やきばた

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method

日焼け

ひやけ

drying up (of a river, field, etc.)

Example Sentences

やきもちを焼くなよ。

You shouldn't be jealous.