To Envy
To Be Envious Of, To Be Jealous Of
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means envy so the verb version is to envy someone.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You haven't learned this reading yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You're really starting to envy those uranium Yankees (うらや). That's the new Yankees team hopped up on uranium that were created in a lab. Even though they're gross and hulk-ish, they're really good at baseball, so you're jealous of them.
コウイチは、世界が羨む男だ。
Koichi is a man the world envies.
人は他人の幸せを羨みがちだ。
People have the tendency to envy others' happiness.
いつか誰もが羨む名声と富を手に入れたいです。
One day, I want to acquire wealth and fame that anyone would envy.