気き付つけ

き

つ

け

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

encouragement; cheering up

The act of giving emotional support or lifting someone's spirits.

落おち込こんでいる友とも達だちに気き付つけの言こと葉ばをかけた。
I said some encouraging words to my depressed friend.

noun

restoring consciousness; bringing around

Refers to reviving someone who has fainted or lost consciousness.

気きを失うしなった人ひとに気き付つけを行おこなう。
Perform first aid to bring an unconscious person around.

noun

restorative; stimulant; pick-me-up

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 気付け薬; a substance that revives or invigorates, such as smelling salts or a tonic.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉気き付つけ〈人ひと〉様さまcare of 〈place/organization〉, Attn: 〈person〉 (used in addresses)
ABC商しょう事じ気き付つけ、田た中なか様さま宛あてにお送おくりください。
Please send it addressed to Mr. Tanaka, care of ABC Trading Co.
〈人ひと〉の気き付つけになるto be an encouragement or pick-me-up for someone
彼かれの温あたたかい言こと葉ばは私わたしの気き付つけになった。
His warm words gave me encouragement.
〈人ひと〉に気き付つけを飲のませるto give someone a restorative (stimulant) to drink
倒たおれた男おとこに気き付つけを飲のませた。
They gave the collapsed man a restorative to drink.
〈人ひと〉に気き付つけをするto revive someone (bring them back to consciousness)
溺おぼれた子こ供どもに気き付つけをした。
They performed resuscitation on the drowning child.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

励はげまし sense 1
励まし is the everyday word for verbal encouragement or cheering someone on, while 気付け covers the broader act of lifting spirits or reviving someone.
蘇そ生せい sense 2
蘇生 is the more clinical term for resuscitation, whereas 気付け is the everyday word for bringing someone back from a faint.
気き付つけ薬ぐすり sense 3
気付け薬 is the full, explicit term for a restorative medicine, while 気付け is its common shortened form.

Don't confuse with

気き付づけ sense 4
気付 and 気付け look almost identical and both mean 'care of' in addresses, but they are read differently (きづけ vs きつけ), causing learners to mix up which form to use.

Word family

気き付つけ薬ぐすり
restorative; stimulant; pick-me-up; tonic; smelling salts · alcohol; sake; liquid courage

Built from

気き+つける

Written forms

気き付つけUsage28%
Standard kanji spelling for most senses.
気き付つけUsage49%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; the full form 気付け is preferred.
気きつけUsage23%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant with kana つ; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 気 (spirit, mind) and 付け (attaching, applying). The derivation is transparent from its components.

気き付つけ

き

つ

け

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

encouragement; cheering up

The act of giving emotional support or lifting someone's spirits.

落おち込こんでいる友とも達だちに気き付つけの言こと葉ばをかけた。
I said some encouraging words to my depressed friend.

noun

restoring consciousness; bringing around

Refers to reviving someone who has fainted or lost consciousness.

気きを失うしなった人ひとに気き付つけを行おこなう。
Perform first aid to bring an unconscious person around.

noun

restorative; stimulant; pick-me-up

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 気付け薬; a substance that revives or invigorates, such as smelling salts or a tonic.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉気き付つけ〈人ひと〉様さまcare of 〈place/organization〉, Attn: 〈person〉 (used in addresses)
ABC商しょう事じ気き付つけ、田た中なか様さま宛あてにお送おくりください。
Please send it addressed to Mr. Tanaka, care of ABC Trading Co.
〈人ひと〉の気き付つけになるto be an encouragement or pick-me-up for someone
彼かれの温あたたかい言こと葉ばは私わたしの気き付つけになった。
His warm words gave me encouragement.
〈人ひと〉に気き付つけを飲のませるto give someone a restorative (stimulant) to drink
倒たおれた男おとこに気き付つけを飲のませた。
They gave the collapsed man a restorative to drink.
〈人ひと〉に気き付つけをするto revive someone (bring them back to consciousness)
溺おぼれた子こ供どもに気き付つけをした。
They performed resuscitation on the drowning child.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

励はげまし sense 1
励まし is the everyday word for verbal encouragement or cheering someone on, while 気付け covers the broader act of lifting spirits or reviving someone.
蘇そ生せい sense 2
蘇生 is the more clinical term for resuscitation, whereas 気付け is the everyday word for bringing someone back from a faint.
気き付つけ薬ぐすり sense 3
気付け薬 is the full, explicit term for a restorative medicine, while 気付け is its common shortened form.

Don't confuse with

気き付づけ sense 4
気付 and 気付け look almost identical and both mean 'care of' in addresses, but they are read differently (きづけ vs きつけ), causing learners to mix up which form to use.

Word family

気き付つけ薬ぐすり
restorative; stimulant; pick-me-up; tonic; smelling salts · alcohol; sake; liquid courage

Built from

気き+つける

Written forms

気き付つけUsage28%
Standard kanji spelling for most senses.
気き付つけUsage49%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; the full form 気付け is preferred.
気きつけUsage23%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant with kana つ; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 気 (spirit, mind) and 付け (attaching, applying). The derivation is transparent from its components.