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機嫌 (きげん): humor, temper, mood — Japanese vocabulary

機嫌 is read きげん and means "humor, temper, mood". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

機嫌

Reading
きげん · kigen
Translation
humor, temper, mood
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きげんが

Example

彼は他人の機嫌を損ねないように気をつけている。

かれはたにんのきげんをそこねないようにきをつけている。

He is chary of offending people.

Kanji in this word

  • 機 — machine, opportunity
  • 嫌 — dislike, hate

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