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気の持ちよう (きのもちよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

気きの持もちよう

Meanings

1

expression

one's frame of mind; how one looks at things

A set phrase meaning that one's attitude or mindset determines how a situation is perceived or experienced.

同おなじ出で来き事ごとでも、気きの持もちようで幸しあわせにも不ふ幸しあわせにもなる。
Even the same event can make you happy or unhappy depending on your frame of mind.
失しっ敗ぱいをどう捉とらえるかは気きの持もちようだ。
How you take failure is a matter of your mindset.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
持hold, have

Similar words

気き持もち
気持ち is a general word for feeling or mood, while 気の持ちよう specifically refers to the idea that one's attitude or perspective shapes experience.
考かんがえ方かた
考え方 means way of thinking in a broad sense; 気の持ちよう emphasizes the emotional or psychological stance one takes.

Etymology

A phrase composed of 気 (mind/spirit), の (possessive particle), 持ち (holding), and よう (way/manner), literally 'the way of holding one's mind'.