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気にする (きにする) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, suru verb (irregular)
mind ; care about ; worry about ; pay undue attention to
Often used in negative requests or statements (e.g., 気にしないで, 気にしなくていい) to tell someone not to worry. The nuance is frequently negative: fretting over something unnecessarily or being overly concerned.
彼かれ
は
小ちい
さな
ミス
を
いつ
まで
も
気き
に
し
て
いる
。
He keeps worrying about small mistakes forever.
Similar words 気き になる 気になる is intransitive and describes something that bothers you or is on your mind (the subject is the thing that worries you). 気にする is transitive and describes actively worrying about something (the subject is the person who worries).
心配しんぱい する 心配する is a more general and stronger word for 'worry' or 'be anxious about'. 気にする often implies a lighter, sometimes unnecessary concern, and is very common in negative imperatives.
Etymology Compound of 気 (ki, 'mind, spirit, attention') + にする (ni suru, 'to make into, to treat as'). Literally 'to make something into a matter of concern'.
