機き嫌げん気き褄づま

noun

mood; temper; spirits

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.

• 彼かれは上じょう司しの機き嫌げん気き褄づまを取とるのが上手じょうずだ。

  He is good at buttering up his boss.

• 「機き嫌げん気き褄づま」は、人ひとの気き分ぶんや上じょう機き嫌げんを表あらわす古ふるい言いい回まわしだ。

  Kigenkizuma is an old expression for a person's mood or good humor.