気にする

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound phrase composed of (ki, mind, heart) + (ni, instrumental or directional particle) + する (suru, to do), literally “to put something in mind” → “to mind or worry about something”.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Verb

気にする (hiragana きにする, rōmaji ki ni suru)

  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 ()にしていない
    Kanojo wa chittomo ki ni shiteinai.
    She's not worried at all.
    そんなの ()にしないで
    Sonna no ki ni shinaide.
    Don't worry about that.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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