気き遣づかい

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Covers considerate attention toward others as well as personal worry or unease. Often used in phrases like 気遣いをする (show consideration) or 気遣いがある (have a worry).

彼かれはいつも周まわりへの気き遣づかいを忘わすれない。
He never forgets to show consideration for those around him.
最さい近きん、仕し事ごとのことで気き遣づかいが絶たえない。
Lately, I have constant worries about work.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に気き遣づかいをするto show consideration toward someone
彼かれは病びょう気きの同どう僚りょうにいつも気き遣づかいをしている。
He always shows consideration toward his sick coworker.
気き遣づかいがあるto have a worry or concern
旅りょ行こうの準じゅん備びに何なにか気き遣づかいがあるなら教おしえてください。
If you have any worries about the trip preparations, please let me know.
ご気き遣づかいありがとうございますthank you for your concern (polite fixed phrase)
お忙いそがしい中なか、ご気き遣づかいありがとうございます。
Thank you for your kind concern, even though you're busy.
気き遣づかいは無む用ようですthere's no need to worry (polite way to decline someone's concern)
私わたしは大だい丈じょう夫ぶですから、気き遣づかいは無む用ようです。
I'm fine, so there's no need to worry about me.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
遣dispatch, despatch, send

Related words· 7

心しん配ぱいN5
心配 is the everyday, general word for 'worry' or 'anxiety' and works as a suru-verb, while 気遣い is more nuanced, often suggesting thoughtful concern for others or a lingering unease and rarely takes する directly.
配はい慮りょN2
配慮 is formal and describes deliberate, careful consideration in official or business settings, whereas 気遣い is warmer and more personal.
思おもいやりN3
思いやり emphasizes empathetic kindness and putting yourself in another's shoes, while 気遣い focuses more on the practical act of attending to someone's needs or state.
気き配くばりN2
気配り stresses attentive, proactive care in noticing details for others' comfort, while 気遣い can also include personal worry, not just care for others.

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気き兼がねN1
気遣い is active, positive attentiveness toward someone's needs, whereas 気兼ね is the passive, restrictive feeling of worrying about troubling them.
気きが利きくN2
気遣い is a noun for consideration or concern shown toward others, whereas 気が利く is a verb phrase describing the quality of being thoughtfully proactive.
心こころ遣づかい
気遣い often carries a nuance of worry or concern about someone's well-being, whereas 心遣い is about considerate gestures without necessarily implying anxiety.

Don't confuse with

心こころ遣づかい
心遣い highlights warm, emotional thoughtfulness shown through gifts or gestures, while 気遣い is broader and can also mean simple worry or unease.

Written forms

気き遣づかいUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and everyday writing.
気きづかいUsage22%
Kana-mixed spelling that makes the reading clear; often used when the kanji 遣 is considered difficult.

Etymology

Compound of 気 (き, spirit/mind) and 遣い (づかい, the nominalized form of 遣う 'to use/send'). Literally 'using one's mind/spirit', which developed into the sense of being attentive or concerned.