JLPT N1 › Conjugation 気が滅入る · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 気き が 滅め 入い る 気き が 滅入めい らない Polite 気き が 滅入めい ります 気き が 滅入めい りません Past polite 気き が 滅入めい りました 気き が 滅入めい りませんでした Past 気き が 滅入めい った 気き が 滅入めい らなかった Te-form 気き が 滅入めい って 気き が 滅入めい らないで Desire 気き が 滅入めい りたい 気き が 滅入めい りたくない Potential 気き が 滅入めい れる 気き が 滅入めい れない Passive 気き が 滅入めい られる 気き が 滅入めい られない Causative 気き が 滅入めい らせる 気き が 滅入めい らせない Causative passive 気き が 滅入めい らせられる also 気き が 滅入めい らされる 気き が 滅入めい らせられない also 気き が 滅入めい らされない Volitional 気き が 滅入めい ろう Polite volitional 気き が 滅入めい りましょう Imperative 気き が 滅入めい れ 気き が 滅入めい るな Conditional 気き が 滅入めい れば 気き が 滅入めい らなければ Tara conditional 気き が 滅入めい ったら 気き が 滅入めい らなかったら
Kanji 滅 destroy, ruin, overthrow Related words 落ち込む is a more common, general word for feeling down and can describe a sudden or sharp drop in spirits, while 気が滅入る emphasizes a gradual sinking mood often caused by external circumstances like weather or worry.
滅入る is the bare verb meaning 'to feel depressed' and sounds more literary or old-fashioned on its own, whereas 気が滅入る is the common everyday set phrase using it.
憂鬱 is a noun/adjective describing a lingering depressed or melancholy state, while 気が滅入る describes the act or process of one's mood sinking.
気が滅入る describes actively sinking into gloom or discouragement, whereas 気が重い is a milder, more static feeling of reluctance or heaviness.
Opposites 気が晴れる means one's mood clears up or feels refreshed, the direct opposite of 気が滅入る 's sinking, gloomy feeling.
気が滅入る describes feeling depressed or gloomy, the opposite of the joyful excitement in 心が躍る .
Written forms 気き が 滅め 入い る
Standard kanji spelling for this expression.
気き がめいる
Kana spelling of the verb part; common in everyday writing.
Etymology The expression combines 気 (spirit, mood) with 滅入る (to sink into gloom). 滅入る is a compound of 滅 (destroy, ruin) and 入る (enter), suggesting a mood that falls into a ruined or depressed state. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the phrase has been used since at least the Edo period.
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