JLPT N3 › Conjugation 気にする · suru verb (irregular)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 気き にする 気き にしない Polite 気き にします 気き にしません Past polite 気き にしました 気き にしませんでした Past 気き にした 気き にしなかった Te-form 気き にして 気き にしないで Desire 気き にしたい 気き にしたくない Potential 気き にせる 気き にせない Passive 気き にされる 気き にされない Causative 気き にさせる 気き にさせない Causative passive 気き にさせられる 気き にさせられない Volitional 気き にしよう Polite volitional 気き にしましょう Imperative 気き にしろ 気き にするな Conditional 気き にすれば 気き にしなければ Tara conditional 気き にしたら 気き にしなかったら
Related words· 7 心配する is a stronger, more general word for worrying or feeling anxious, while 気にする often describes a lighter or even unnecessary concern and is common in phrases telling someone not to worry.
気にする is deliberate and active—choosing to worry about or pay attention to something—while 気になる is passive, describing something that naturally nags at your mind.
気にする is a general 'to mind/worry about' something, while 拘る implies a stronger, more stubborn fixation on a particular point.
気にする is about worrying or being bothered emotionally, while 構う focuses on whether something matters or causes inconvenience.
Show 3 more Show fewer 気にする is the everyday word for worrying or minding something, while 介する in this sense appears almost only in the fixed literary phrase 意に介さない .
気にする means to mind or be bothered by something, while くよくよ adds the nuance of dwelling on it repeatedly and helplessly.
気にする simply means to mind or be bothered by something, a lighter version of the deeper brooding worry expressed by 気に病む .
Don't confuse with· 7 気にする is transitive (you actively worry about something), while 気になる is intransitive (something is on your mind or bothers you); learners often confuse the two forms.
気を付けて tells someone to be careful or watch out, while 気にする means to worry about or mind something, so despite sharing 気 they are not interchangeable.
気にする means to worry about or be bothered by something, while 気を付ける means to be careful or pay attention to avoid a problem.
Show 4 more Show fewer 気にする means to worry or fret about something, the near-opposite state to 気が済む , which describes that worry finally being resolved.
気にする means to worry about or mind something, whereas 気が引ける means to feel too self-conscious or hesitant to act, despite the similar-looking 気 phrasing.
気にする means to worry or be bothered about something for oneself, while 気を使う means actively directing care and effort toward someone else.
気づく means to notice or realize something, whereas 気にする means to worry about or be bothered by something; both use 気 but express different actions.
Etymology Compound of 気 (ki, 'mind, spirit, attention') + にする (ni suru, 'to make into, to treat as'). Literally 'to make something into a matter of concern'.
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