風気

Compound of 風 (kaza, “wind; a cold”, ancient compounding form of modern kaze) +‎ 気 (ke, “feeling”).^[1][2]

The kazake reading is first cited to 1152.^[1]

The kazeke reading is first cited to the early 1200s.^[1]

In modern usage, kazake and kazeke are found in free variation. Some Japanese resources list the relatively older kazake reading as the primary,^[1][2] some list the kazeke reading as the primary,^[3][4] and some list both without apparent prioritization.^[5]

• (Tokyo) かざけ (Heiban – )^[2][3][5]
• IPA^(key):

• (Tokyo) かぜけ (Heiban – )^[2][3][5]
• IPA^(key):

風(かざ)気(け) or 風(かぜ)気(け) • (kazake or kazeke) -na (adnominal 風(かざ)気(け)な (kazake na), adverbial 風(かざ)気(け)に (kazake ni))

1. poorly, sickly, on the verge of catching a cold
2. soon to be windy, seeming as if the wind is about to blow

風(かざ)気(け) or 風(かぜ)気(け) • (kazake or kazeke) 

1. a feeling like one is sick or about to catch cold
2. the appearance or sense that the wind is just about to blow, a feeling of impending windiness

From Middle Chinese 風氣 (MC pjuwng khj+jH).

• (Tokyo) ふうき (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

風(ふう)気(き) • (fūki) 

1. the wind, air currents

   Synonym: (wind) 風 (kaze)

2. the climate or weather of an area

   Synonyms: (weather) 天気 (tenki), (climate) 気候 (kikō)

3. common manners and customs

   Synonym: 風俗 (fūzoku)

4. a cold, an illness

   Synonym: 風邪 (kaze)

5. an easygoing or even-tempered disposition
6. flatus, gas; gaseous bloating