A yojijukugo referring to a person's mood or humor, often used in set phrases like 機嫌気褄を取る (to curry favor by catering to someone's mood). Rare in everyday conversation; more common in literary or traditional contexts.
He is good at buttering up his boss.
「機嫌気褄」は、人の気分や上機嫌を表す古い言い回しだ。
Kigenkizuma is an old expression for a person's mood or good humor.
機嫌 is the common word for mood or temper, while 機嫌気褄 is a rare, emphatic yojijukugo with a similar meaning.
ご機嫌 is a polite or playful way to refer to someone's mood, often used in greetings. 機嫌気褄 is more formal and old-fashioned.
A yojijukugo combining 機嫌 (mood, temper) and 気褄 (an old term for mood or disposition). The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely arose as an emphatic compound in classical or literary Japanese.