Kanji: 気

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	气 Radical name: きがまえ
Meaning:	Spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 100 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	元気(げんき)	health, vitality
N5	天気(てんき)	weather
N5	電気(でんき)	electricity, electric light
N5	病気(びょうき)	illness
N4	気(き)	spirit, mood
N4	気分(きぶん)	mood
N4	気持(きも)ち	feeling, mood
N4	空気(くうき)	air, atmosphere
N4	天気予報(てんきよほう)	weather forecast
N3	活気(かっき)	energy, liveliness
N3	気温(きおん)	temperature
N3	気候(きこう)	climate
N3	気付(きづ)く	to notice, to recognize, to become aware of
N3	気(き)に入(い)る	to be pleased with, to suit
N3	気(き)の毒(どく)	pitiful, a pity
N3	気味(きみ)	-like, -looking, -looked
N3	景気(けいき)	condition, state, business (condition)
N3	大気(たいき)	atmosphere
N3	人気(にんき)	sign of life
N3	雰囲気(ふんいき)	atmosphere (e.g. musical), mood, ambience
N3	勇気(ゆうき)	courage, bravery, valour, nerve, boldness
N3	陽気(ようき)	season, weather, cheerfulness
N2	お元気(げんき)で	(greeting when friend is departing) "Take care!"
N2	換気(かんき)	ventilation
N2	気圧(きあつ)	atmospheric pressure
N2	気体(きたい)	vapour, gas
N2	気(き)を付(つ)ける	to be careful, to pay attention, to take care
N2	気配(けはい)	indication, market trend, worry
N2	湿気(しっけ)	moisture, humidity, dampness
N2	湿気(しっき)	moisture, humidity, dampness
N2	蒸気(じょうき)	steam, vapour
N2	水蒸気(すいじょうき)	water vapour, steam
N2	強気(つよき)	firm, strong
N2	生意気(なまいき)	impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, audacious, brazen
N2	呑気(のんき)	carefree, optimistic, careless, reckless, heedless
N2	吐(は)き気(け)	nausea, sickness in the stomach
N2	平気(へいき)	coolness, calmness, composure, unconcern
N2	湯気(ゆげ)	steam, vapour
N1	呆気(あっけ)ない	not enough, too quick (short long etc.)
N1	意気込(いきご)む	to be enthusiastic about
N1	一気(いっき)	drink!(said repeatedly as a party cheer)
N1	陰気(いんき)	gloom, melancholy
N1	浮気(うわき)	flighty, fickle, wanton, unfaithful
N1	気質(かたぎ)	spirit, character, trait, temperament, disposition
N1	気触(かぶ)れる	to react to, to be influenced by, to go overboard for
N1	寒気(かんき)	cold, frost, chill
N1	気兼(きが)ね	hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint, fear of troubling someone, having scruples about doing someth
N1	気軽(きがる)	cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted
N1	気障(きざ)	affectation, conceit, snobbery
N1	気象(きしょう)	weather, climate
N1	気立(きだ)て	disposition, nature
N1	気配(きはい)	indication, market trend, worry
N1	気品(きひん)	aroma
N1	気風(きふう)	character, traits, ethos
N1	気(き)まぐれ	whim, caprice, whimsy, fickle, moody, uneven temper
N1	気楽(きらく)	at ease, comfortable
N1	気流(きりゅう)	atmospheric current
N1	根気(こんき)	patience, perseverance, energy
N1	強気(ごうぎ)	great, grand
N1	湿気(しけ)る	to be damp, to be moist
N1	磁気(じき)	magnetism
N1	水気(すいき)	1. moisture, dampness, vapor, 2. dropsy, edema
N1	素(そ)っ気(け)ない	cold, short, curt, blunt
N1	短気(たんき)	quick temper
N1	何気(なにげ)ない	casual, unconcerned
N1	不景気(ふけいき)	business recession, hard times, depression, gloom, sullenness, cheerlessness
N1	本気(ほんき)	seriousness, truth, sanctity
N1	無邪気(むじゃき)	innocence, simple-mindedness