grudge
要点恨み、与えるのを惜しむ
意味
- (…に対する)恨み,遺恨《+against+名》
- …を与えるのを惜しむ
例文
Because a food grudge is terrifying, isn't it?
食べ物の恨みは恐ろしいんだからね!
I am grudged even the least bit of happiness.
ほんのひとかけらの幸せさえ私には許されない。
Watch out for him. That guy can really hold a grudge.
あいつは執念深いから気をつけた方がいいよ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
A variant of grutch (mid 15th-century, younger than begrudge), from Middle English grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French grouchier, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, probably ultimately imitative. Akin to Middle High German grogezen (“to howl, wail”), German grocken (“to croak”). Compare also Old Norse krytja (“to murmur”), Old High German grunzen (“to grunt”).