上気

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See also: 上氣 and 上气

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
上氣 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(じょう)() (jōkiじやうき (zyauki)?

  1. rush of blood to the head causing one to flush
  2. such a rush causing one to become frenzied or lose oneself

Verb

(じょう)()する (jōki suruintransitive suru (stem (じょう)() (jōki shi), past (じょう)()した (jōki shita))

  1. to flush
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
うわ
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
上氣 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 上気 – see the following entry.
浮気うわき
fickle, unfaithful, disloyal
cheerful and showy; capricious
extramarital sex, affair, fooling around
unfaithfulness, infidelity
capriciousness
to have an affair
to be unfaithful, to cheat, to adulterate
Alternative spelling
うわ気
(This term, 上気, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN