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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気きまぐれ

kimagure

whim, caprice

Also used as a な-adjective meaning fickle. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちがポルトガルへ行いこうと決きめたのはまったくの気きまぐれだった。

    Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 父ちちは寛大かんだいだったので、私わたしの気きまぐれもすべて満みたしてくれた。

    Father was generous enough to indulge my every whim.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 諸制度しょせいどの運用うんように関かんしてはまだ柔軟性じゅうなんせいがあり、天皇てんのうの気きまぐれもまだ許容きょようされた時代じだいだった。

    In this period, each system could be run flexibly, and Emperor’s vagary could be accepted.

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

Kanji in 気

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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