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大気 (たいき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Meanings 1
noun
atmosphere ; air
Refers to the layer of gases surrounding Earth or another celestial body, and by extension the air as an environmental or scientific subject. For ordinary everyday 'air in a room,' 空気 is usually more natural.
工こう 場じょう の 煙けむり が 大たい 気き を 汚お 染せん し て いる 。
Smoke from factories is polluting the air.
2
noun
magnanimity ; generosity
Rare use referring to largeness of character or breadth of mind; the related word 大度 is a clearer expression for this idea in modern Japanese.
See also: 大度
Similar words 空くう 気き The everyday word for air, especially the air in a room or the social mood; 大気 is more scientific or environmental when meaning the atmosphere.
雰ふん 囲い 気き Means atmosphere in the figurative sense of mood or ambience; 大気 normally refers to physical air or the planetary atmosphere.
大たい 度ど A clearer and more direct word for magnanimity or broad-mindedness; 大気 with this meaning is rare.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 大, 'large, great,' and 気, 'air, spirit, energy.' In modern usage the spelling is conventionally associated mainly with the physical atmosphere; the rare magnanimity sense reflects the 'great spirit' side of 気.
