気け

noun, noun, used as a suffix

sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling

Used as a noun or suffix to express a faint sign, hint, or subtle presence of something. Often appears in phrases like 気がある, 気がする, or 気配.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには怒いかりの気けがあった。

  There was a hint of anger in his words.

• この部屋へやには誰だれかがいた気けがする。

  I have a feeling someone was in this room.

noun, used as a prefix

somehow; for some reason; seeming to be

Prefix-like use, mostly in fixed expressions such as 気だるい (somehow languid) or 気だるげ (seeming languid). Not freely productive.

• 気けだるい午ご後ご、彼かれはソファでうたた寝ねをした。

  On a somehow languid afternoon, he dozed off on the sofa.