機嫌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機 嫌
き
Grade: 4
げん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 譏嫌

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きげん [kìgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

機(き)嫌(げん) • (kigen) -na (adnominal 機(き)嫌(げん)な (kigen na), adverbial 機(き)嫌(げん)に (kigen ni))

  1. (usually prefixed with ご) in a good mood

Inflection

Noun

機(き)嫌(げん) • (kigen) 

  1. mood; humour; feeling
    機(き)嫌(げん)が良(よ)い、機(き)嫌(げん)が悪(わる)い
    kigen ga yoi, kigen ga warui
    in a good mood, in a bad mood
    ご機(き)嫌(げん)いかがですか。
    Go-kigen ikaga desu ka.
    How are you?
  2. safety; well-being; one's situation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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