# 気 mood

(rifle) + (open scissors) + メ (katakana 'me')
★★★★★★
6 strokes

## Onyomi

KI / GE -People forget about "GE." | GET in a good mood and KEEP being in a good mood.

## Mnemonic

| I'm in a loco mood - I may stab you with scissors or shoot you with a rifle in this mood.

## Kunyomi

き | basically, 'mood', but there are over 3,000 expressions that use it. KI can be put in, become exhausted ,become lost, change, be pulled, be big, small, changing. KI gets followed, met, used, lightened, lengthened, shortened, rotated, cut. KI can be strong, weak, floating, heavy. . .. but you never say, "how's your ki doing ?" or "I've got great ki today!" - You have to use it as part of an expression. CCW ★★★★★★

## Jukugo

気を付けて(きをつけて) | be careful! ★★★★★ 気 (mood) + 付 (stick to) = 気を付けて (be careful!)
気持ち(きもち) | feels good! ★★★★★ 気 (mood) + 持 (hold) = 気持ち (feels good!) oh HELLS yeah. It feels good.(although this isn't dirty by itself, it is the #1 actual word yelled in pornos.)
元気(げんき) | cheerful ★★★★★ CCW 元 (original) + 気 (mood) = 元気 (cheerful) cheerful, energetic. Doesn't matter if it's totally forced.
天気(てんき) | weather ★★★★★ 天 (heaven) + 気 (mood) = 天気 (weather)
気にしない(きにしない) | don't worry about it! ★★★★☆
気になった(きになった) | I'm worried about it. ★★★★☆
気違い(きちがい) | fuckin' crazy ★★★☆☆ ABU 気 (mood) + 違 (different and therefore wrong) = 気違い (fuckin' crazy) (literally, 'different feeling') crazy - this is one of the biggest cusses in the whole language-a garunteed fight-starter. This is instructive in several ways. 1) Japanese is such a polite language that 'different feeling' is one of the worst insults. 2) it takes a certain kind of culture to think that having a different feeling is such a bad thing in the first place! 3) Historically it is a discriminatory term against people who suffer from mental illness.
気付いた(きづいた) | realize something ★★★☆☆ 気 (mood) + 付 (stick to) = 気付いた (realize something) to belatedly realize something - d'oh! (also pronounced 気がついた）
気晴らし(きばらし) に | Just for fun ☆☆☆☆☆ 気 (mood) + 晴 (weather get good now) = 気晴らし (Just for fun) Just for fun, do you wanna (blah blah blah)?"

## Synonyms

brave 勇気 度胸 けなげ
bye-bye お大事に さよなら 気をつけて いってらっしゃい またね
cheer up 勇気付ける 励ます 元気を出させる 慰める
coward 腰抜け 意気地なし 卑怯な
dangerous 険悪 物騒 うさんくさい 気味悪い 危ない 意地汚い
depression 憂鬱 落ち込む 気分がしずむ きが滅入る 陰気 ふてくされる うかない
endure, persevere 我慢 忍耐 根気 忍ぶ 堪忍する
faint 気絶する 卒倒 薄い 淡い
ok, fine 了解 順調 平気
popular 人気がある もてる ちやほや
pressure, accelerate 促す 促進 催促 奨励 勇気づける 迫る
pretentious or arrogant 気取りや 尊大 いい気　になってる いばってる xxx振ってる 自惚れ 仰々しい 横柄な
short temper 短気 気が短い
too intimate, too personal ねほりはほり聴く なれなれしい 気安くxxx
ugly 醜い 醜悪 気色悪い おぞましい