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陽気

陽気

See also: 陽氣 and 阳气

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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on'yomi

Adjectival noun

陽気 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 陽氣, -na inflection, hiragana ようき, romaji yōki)

  1. cheerful, lively, merry
    その (かい)ではみんなが陽気 (ようき)だった。
    Sono kai de wa minna ga yōki datta.
    Everyone was cheerful at the party.
    水夫 (すいふ)陽気 (ようき) (うた) (うた)った。
    Suifu wa yōki na uta o utatta.
    The sailors sang merry songs.

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

陽気 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 陽氣, hiragana ようき, romaji yōki)

  1. the weather
    こんな (あたた)かい陽気 (ようき)二月 (にがつ)にしては異常 (いじょう)だ。
    Konna atatakai yōki wa ni gatsu ni shite wa ijō da.
    This warm weather is abnormal for February.
  2. cheerfulness, hilarity

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.