Kanji1 / 6
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
- —電気ショートelectrical short circuit
- —気違いじみるto look mad; to act nuts; to seem crazy
- —元気いっぱいbrimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
- —元気はつらつfull of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
- —気が転倒するto lose one's presence of mind; to lose one's head; to be thrown off balance; to get upset; to be bewildered; to be flustered
- —気が進まないreluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
- —気が気でないfeeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
- —気が遠くなるto faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted; to lose one's mind
- —気が置けないeasy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable
- —気違いに刃物incredible danger; (handing a) sword to an insane person
- —快気祝をするto celebrate one's recovery from illness
- —気合を入れるto fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
- —気炎を上げるto speak energetically; to talk big; to argue heatedly
- —気休めを言うto say things to ease one's mind
- —電気アイロンelectric iron
- —引っ張り気味taut (condition); taken up slack; removed slack
- —いざなぎ景気Izanagi Boom (economic boom of 1965-70)
- —気を持たせるto encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
- —その気になるto feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
- —意気天を衝くto be in high spirits