- haiena hyena
彼はハイエナのように他人の失敗に群がる。
Kare wa haiena no you ni tanin no shippai ni muragaru.
He swarms around others' failures like a hyena.
あのハイエナたちは倒産した会社の資産を狙っている。
Ano haiena-tachi wa tousan shita kaisha no shisan o neratte iru.
Those hyenas are eyeing the assets of the bankrupt company.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'hien' (悲運, tragic fate), but pronounced differently.
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