Illustration: In a Japanese apartment hallway at night, a resident has just switched on the light and pulled open a closet door. Their shoulders are still raised defensively, but their face is changing from alarm to sheepish relief.

JLPT N3expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

気きのせい

ki no sei

just one’s imagination

Example sentences

  1. トム、気きのせいだよ。

    You’re imagining things, Tom.

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  2. 気きのせいかもしれない。

    Maybe it’s just my imagination.

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  3. 気きのせいだよ。

    It’s just your imagination.

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Kanji in 気

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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