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気 kanji
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
キケ
Kun readings
いきき
Variant forms
氣炁Words with 気
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —恋人気分the feeling between (new) lovers
- —一気飲みchugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
- —気休め薬placebo
- —根気よくpatiently; with perseverance
- —気味悪いunpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
- —天気情報weather information; weather report
- —気象危機climate crisis
- —気が回るto be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
- —気が漫ろpreoccupied; distracted
- —気体定数gas constant (R)
- —浮気相手adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
- —特需景気economic boom due to special procurements, esp. in wartime
- —浩然の気universal life force; source of animation for all things; free spirit; mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns
- —空気入れair pump; bicycle pump
- —磁気能率magnetic moment
- —気に病むto worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
- —病気休職sick leave; sickness leave
- —気の強いstrong-willed; strong of heart
- —気の荒いbad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
- —気の弱いtimid; faint of heart