気にする

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
気
き
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
氣にする (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound phrase composed of 気(き) (ki, “mind, heart”) + に (ni, instrumental or directional particle) + する (suru, “to do”), literally “to put something in mind” → “to mind or worry about something”.

Pronunciation

Verb

気(き)にする • (ki ni suru) transitive suru (stem 気(き)にし (ki ni shi), past 気(き)にした (ki ni shita))

Japanese verb pair
active 気にする
mediopassive 気になる
  1. (idiomatic) to care about something, to pay undue attention to something, to mind something which is a negative nuance, to worry about something
    彼女(かのじょ)はちっとも気(き)にしていない。
    Kanojo wa chitto mo ki ni shite inai.
    She's not worried at all.
    そんなの気(き)にしないで。
    Sonna no ki ni shinaide.
    Don't worry about that.

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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