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飾り気 (かざりけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Meanings 1
noun
affectation ; showiness ; pretense
Refers to an artificial or overly decorative quality in behavior, speech, or appearance. Often used in negative expressions like 飾り気がない to mean 'unpretentious' or 'plain'.
See also: 飾り気のない
This room has no showiness at all.
Written forms 飾かざ り 気け Usage 87%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and high priority.
飾かざ りけ Usage 8%
Mixed kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
かざりけ Usage 5%
Kanji 飾 decorate, ornament, adorn Similar words 気き 取ど り 気取り implies a conscious effort to appear a certain way, often with a negative nuance of being affected or pretentious. 飾り気 focuses more on the decorative or showy quality itself.
虚きょ 飾しょく 虚飾 is a more formal and literary term for false display or ostentation, often used in writing. 飾り気 is more everyday and can refer to simple lack of adornment.
Etymology Compound of 飾り (decoration) + 気 (spirit, mood, or tendency). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the sense of 'a tendency toward decoration or showiness'.
