メシウマ

mesi uma
an abbreviated form of a longer aphorism, 他人の不幸で、飯がうまい (tanin no hukou de, mesi ga umai), literally meaning, food (or a meal) tastes better when others are unhappy, very akin to the German concept of Schadenfreude, happiness at the misfortune of others

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it's curious to me why we don't have an easy way to say something like this in English. it might be, on face value, a nasty sentiment, to exult in someone else's downfall, but that is a very human reaction.
on a personal note, I have been writing this down manually (and mentally) over the past week, as most of my work has been away from the computer. I find myself catching up all at once when it comes to computer entries...