気にする

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
氣にする (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound phrase composed of () (ki, mind, heart) + (ni, instrumental or directional particle) + する (suru, to do), literally “to put something in mind” → “to mind or worry about something”.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲi ɲ̟i sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

()にする • (ki ni suru) transitive suru (stem ()にし (ki ni shi), past ()にした (ki ni shita))

Japanese verb pair
active 気にする
mediopassive 気になる
  1. (idiomatic) to care about something, to pay undue attention to something, to mind something which is a negative nuance, to worry about something
    彼女(かのじょ)ちっとも()にしていない
    Kanojo wa chitto mo ki ni shite inai.
    She's not worried at all.
    そんな()にしないで
    Sonna no ki ni shinaide.
    Don't worry about that.

Conjugation

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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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