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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気き配くばり

kikubari

thoughtfulness, attentive care

Example sentences

  1. 健康けんこうを害がいさないように、常日頃つねひごろから、体からだに対たいして様々さまざまな気配きくばりをしています。

    In my daily life I take care in various ways of my body so as not to damage my health.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 宮みやは源氏げんじの熱心ねっしんな気配きくばりを鬱陶うっとうしく思おもうが口くちに出だせない。

    She is irritated by Genji’s kind consideration but she cannot tell her feelings to him.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 茶人ちゃじんたちは、茶室ちゃしつだけでなくそのアプローチの外部空間がいぶくうかんへも緻密ちみつな工夫くふうと気配きくばりを行おこなったのである。

    The masters of tea ceremony precisely devised and paid careful attention for not only the tea room, but also its approach from the outside space.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 気配

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 配distributeOnハイKunくばる

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