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逸り気 (はやりぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

逸はやり気ぎ

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Meanings

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noun

impatience; eagerness

archaic

Archaic noun for a restless, eager, or impatient state of mind. Rarely used in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in classical or literary contexts.

逸はやり気ぎを抑おさえて、まずは落おち着つくことが肝かん心じんだと古こ人じんは説といた。
The ancients taught that it is essential to first calm down and suppress one's impatience.

Kanji

逸deviate, idleness, leisure
気spirit, mind, air

Similar words

焦あせり
Modern common word for impatience or feeling rushed. 逸り気 is an archaic near-synonym with a more literary, eager nuance.
逸はやる
Verb meaning to be impatient or eager; 逸り気 is the nominalized form using 気, now archaic.

Etymology

Compound of 逸る (はやる, 'to be impatient/eager') + 気 (き, 'spirit/mind'), with rendaku voicing to ぎ. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is attested in classical Japanese.