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機嫌 (きげん, kigen) Japanese meaning: mood | Kotomora
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I've been in a good mood since this morning.
You can tell right away when he's in a bad mood.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 機き 嫌げん を 損そこ ねる to upset someone's mood; to put someone in a bad temper
If you upset your boss's mood, work becomes harder to get done.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 機き 嫌げん をうかがう to gauge/check on someone's mood
I spoke to her carefully, trying to gauge my mother's mood.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 機き 嫌げん 次し 第だい depending on someone's mood
Plans often change depending on his mood.
Kanji 機 loom, mechanism, machine 譏 slander, disparage, censure Related words 気分 refers to a person's physical or psychological feeling at the moment, while 機嫌 focuses on an outwardly visible mood or temper toward others.
上機嫌 describes being in especially high spirits or a very good mood, a stronger and more specific state than the neutral word 機嫌.
機嫌 is the standard word for someone's mood or temper, while お天気 in this sense is a playful, colloquial term mainly used in expressions like お天気屋.
Politeness ご機嫌 is the polite, honorific form used when asking about or describing someone else's mood or well-being, while 機嫌 alone is the plain, neutral word.
Don't confuse with 期限 (deadline; time limit) is a homophone of 機嫌 (mood) with completely different kanji and meaning.
起源 (origin; source) sounds identical to 機嫌 (mood) but refers to where something began, not to a person's temper.
機嫌 refers to one's mood or temper (e.g. 機嫌がいい), and shares the kanji 嫌 with 嫌悪 but has no relation to feelings of disgust.
Word family· 14 hello; good day; nice to see you · farewell; goodbye; take care
good mood; good humor; cheerful
bad mood; displeasure; sullenness
Written forms 機き 嫌げん Usage 88%
Standard kanji spelling for mood, temper, and well-being.
きげん Usage 12%
キゲン Usage 1%
譏き 嫌げん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
気き 嫌げん
Etymology Compound of 機 (き, 'opportunity; function; machine') and 嫌 (げん, 'dislike; disagreeable'), but the exact semantic development is uncertain. The spelling is conventionally associated with mood and temper.
げん
mood; temper; humor · well-being; health; safety · in a good mood; cheerful; happy
mood when drinking; tipsy mood
Show 7 more tipsy; a little drunk; slightly intoxicated
feigning good feeling; putting on a cheerful front
tipsy from New Year's sake; merry with New Year's spiced sake
merry drinker; person who gets cheerful when drinking
courtesy call; courtesy visit
currying favor; trying to please someone · bootlicker; sycophant
mood; temper; spirits
Irregular kanji usage; included for search coverage but not recommended for writing.
