生気

Japanese
Kanji in this term
生 気
せい
Grade: 1		 き
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
生氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

生(せい)気(き) • (seiki) 

  1. energy, liveliness, enthusiasm
    生(せい)気(き)がなかった。
    Seiki ga nakatta.
    He looked dead.
    (literally, “He had no liveliness.”)

See also
  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/生気

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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