Meaning of 気(げ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 気

Kana Reading げ

Romaji ge

Parts of speech

suffix

Meaning

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

Examples of 気, げ in a sentence

「店のばーさんは、すげー愛想悪いんだけどさー」「大輝、聞こえとるぞ」「げっ・・・」

The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ... "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"
「そうね、たしかに今日の春樹ちゃんは乗ってなかった感じ」「げ。そういうのって分かるのか？」

You're right, certainly you don't seem to have been into it today. "Eh! You can tell that sort of thing?"

Related Kanji

気 JLPT 5

6 strokes

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

On'Yomi: キ, ケ

Kun'Yomi: いき

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