生気

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	気
せい Grade: 1	き Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
生氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲi]

Noun

生(せい)気(き) • (seiki)

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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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