Illustration: Two neighbors chat on the wooden veranda of a modest Japanese house. Without looking down or interrupting the conversation, one neighbor lets a hand hang beside their knee and lightly strokes the resident cat. Their shoulders remain relaxed and their face stays turned toward the visitor.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

何なに気げなく

nanigenaku

casually, without thinking

Example sentences

彼かれは新聞しんぶんを取とり上あげて何気なにげなく１面めんを眺ながめた。
He picked up the newspaper and glanced casually over the front page.
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友達ともだちに何気なにげなく聞きいたら、答こたえを教おしえてくれた。
I asked a friend casually, and they told me the answer.
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店みせで何気なにげなく手てに取とった本ほんが面白おもしろかった。
A book I happened to pick up at the shop was interesting.
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Kanji in 何気

何whatOnカKunなに・なん・なに-
気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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