気き配くばり

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気配りする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	気き配くばりする	気き配くばりしない
Polite	気き配くばりします	気き配くばりしません
Past polite	気き配くばりしました	気き配くばりしませんでした
Past	気き配くばりした	気き配くばりしなかった
Te-form	気き配くばりして	気き配くばりしないで
Desire	気き配くばりしたい	気き配くばりしたくない
Potential	気き配くばりできる	気き配くばりできない
Passive	気き配くばりされる	気き配くばりされない
Causative	気き配くばりさせる	気き配くばりさせない
Causative passive	気き配くばりさせられる	気き配くばりさせられない
Volitional	気き配くばりしよう
Polite volitional	気き配くばりしましょう
Imperative	気き配くばりしろ	気き配くばりするな
Conditional	気き配くばりすれば	気き配くばりしなければ
Tara conditional	気き配くばりしたら	気き配くばりしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

care; attentiveness; consideration

Proactive thoughtfulness toward others' needs, feelings, or circumstances; implies noticing and acting on small details without being asked.

彼かの女じょはいつも細こまかい気き配くばりができる人ひとだ。
She is someone who always shows thoughtful attention to small details.
お客きゃく様さまへの気き配くばりを忘わすれないように。
Don't forget to be considerate toward the customers.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に気き配くばりするto show consideration toward someone
彼かの女じょはいつも周まわりの人ひとに気き配くばりする。
She always shows consideration toward the people around her.
気き配くばりができるto be capable of showing thoughtful consideration
彼かれは細こまかいところまで気き配くばりができる人ひとだ。
He's someone who can show consideration even for small details.
気き配くばりが行いき届とどくfor one's consideration to be thorough and reach every detail
このホテルは気き配くばりが行いき届とどいていて気き持もちがいい。
This hotel's attentiveness reaches every detail, which feels great.
細こまやかな気き配くばりdelicate, meticulous consideration
スタッフの細こまやかな気き配くばりに感かん動どうした。
I was touched by the staff's delicate attentiveness.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
配distribute, spouse, exile

Related words· 7

思おもいやりN3
思いやり centers on emotional empathy and compassion for others, while 気配り emphasizes noticing practical needs and acting on them.
気き遣づかいN2
気遣い often highlights worry or concern for someone's wellbeing, whereas 気配り stresses proactive attention to small practical details.
配はい慮りょN2
配慮 is a more formal term used in official or business contexts, while 気配り feels warmer and more personal.
心こころ配くばりN1
心配り is a slightly more literary synonym for 気配り, both describing thoughtful attentiveness toward others.

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気きが利きくN2
気配り is a noun describing careful attention to others' needs, while 気が利く describes the trait or action of showing such thoughtfulness naturally.
心こころ遣づかい
気配り stresses attentiveness to small details so nothing is overlooked, while 心遣い focuses on the warm intention behind a considerate act.
忖そん度たく
気配り is everyday attentiveness to others' comfort and needs, while 忖度 carries a more specific and often critical nuance of anticipating a superior's unstated wishes.

Opposites

無む神しん経けいN1
無神経 describes a lack of sensitivity or thoughtlessness, the opposite of the attentive care shown by 気配り.

Don't confuse with

気け配はいN2
気配 (a sign or indication of something) is written almost the same as 気配り but has a completely different meaning of 'consideration'.
気き遣づかう
気遣う is a verb describing the act of worrying about or being considerate toward someone, while 気配り is a noun for the attentive quality or behavior that results from such care.

Word family

気き配くばり上手じょうず
thoughtful and considerate person; good at anticipating others' needs

Built from

気き+配くばる

Etymology

Compound of 気 (ki, 'spirit, mind, attention') and 配り (kubari, 'distributing, paying attention'), from the verb 配る (kubaru, 'to distribute, to pay attention'). The word conveys the idea of distributing one's attention thoughtfully.