気がする

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
気
き
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
氣がする (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

気(き)がする • (ki ga suru) suru (stem 気(き)がし (ki ga shi), past 気(き)がした (ki ga shita))

  1. ( 気がする) "mood/sense/feeling is present"
    1. to give off the sense that ~
      変(へん)な気(き)がする
      hen na ki ga suru
      to give off a weird feeling
    2. to feel that ~; to think that ~
      勝(か)てる気(き)がしない。
      Kateru ki ga shinai.
      It doesn't feel like I can win.
      • 2010, “My Soul, Your Beats!”, Maeda Jun (lyrics), Maeda Jun (music), performed by Lia:
        そんな日(にち)常(じょう)に吹(ふ)き抜(ぬ)ける風(かぜ)
        聞(き)こえた気(き)がした
        感(かん)じた気(き)がしたんだ
        sonna nichijō ni fukinukeru kaze
        kikoeta ki ga shita
        kanjita ki ga shita n da
        The wind blowing through such usual days
        I felt I heard it
        I felt I sensed it
    3. to be in the mood to ~
      なんだか寝(ね)る気(き)がしない。
      Nandaka neru ki ga shinai.
      I don't feel like sleeping for some reason.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "気がする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 気がし きがし ki ga shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 気がし きがし ki ga shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 気がする きがする ki ga suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 気がする きがする ki ga suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 気がすれ きがすれ ki ga sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 気がせよ¹
気がしろ² 		きがせよ¹
きがしろ² 		ki ga seyo¹
ki ga shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 気がされる きがされる ki ga sareru
Causative 気がさせる
気がさす 		きがさせる
きがさす 		ki ga saseru
ki ga sasu
Potential 気ができる きができる ki ga dekiru
Volitional 気がしよう きがしよう ki ga shiyō
Negative 気がしない きがしない ki ga shinai
Negative continuative 気がせず きがせず ki ga sezu
Formal 気がします きがします ki ga shimasu
Perfective 気がした きがした ki ga shita
Conjunctive 気がして きがして ki ga shite
Hypothetical conditional 気がすれば きがすれば ki ga sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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