Polite noun for someone's mood or temper, often used in honorific expressions like ご機嫌を伺う (to ask after someone's mood/health) or ご機嫌斜め (in a bad mood).
See also: 機嫌
Polite noun referring to a person's general condition, health, or safety. Often used in set phrases like ご機嫌いかがですか (How are you? / How have you been?).
in a good mood; cheerful; happy
Adjectival use describing someone who is visibly cheerful, merry, or in high spirits. Often used with な or as a predicate.
彼女は今日はとてもご機嫌な様子だ。
She seems very cheerful today.
今日は部長のご機嫌がよさそうだ。
The department head seems to be in a good mood today.
彼はご機嫌斜めで、誰とも話したがらなかった。
He was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to anyone.
お久しぶりです。ご機嫌いかがですか。
It's been a while. How have you been?
ご家族のご機嫌はいかがですか。
How is your family doing?
ご機嫌で鼻歌を歌っている。
He's humming a tune in a good mood.
ご機嫌 is a softer, more conversational way to refer to someone's mood (often in questions like ご機嫌はいかがですか), while 上機嫌 more strongly emphasizes a visibly cheerful state.
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.
hello; good day; nice to see you · farewell; goodbye; take care
courtesy call; courtesy visit
currying favor; sucking up; being anxious to please · bootlicker; sycophant; flatterer
in a good mood; in good humor
Standard polite spelling with honorific prefix ご.
Formal or literary spelling using the kanji 御 for the honorific prefix. Rare in everyday writing.
Formed by adding the honorific prefix ご to 機嫌 (mood, temper). 機嫌 itself is a Sino-Japanese word combining 機 (opportunity, occasion) and 嫌 (dislike, feeling), originally referring to one's state of mind or feeling.