JLPT N1 · な-adjective

気まぐれ (kimagure)

気まぐれ (きまぐれ, kimagure) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “whim; caprice”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きまぐれ
Romaji: kimagure
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

whim; caprice; fancy · noun
capricious; fickle; whimsical; impulsive; changeable · な-adjective

Example sentences

私たちがポルトガルへ行こうと決めたのはまったくの気まぐれだった。

Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.

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気まぐれな天気だな。

The weather is fickle.

Tatoeba #183254

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 気まぐれ

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	気まぐれだ	きまぐれだ kimagureda
Present (polite)	気まぐれです	きまぐれです kimaguredesu
Negative	気まぐれじゃない	きまぐれじゃない kimagurejanai
Past	気まぐれだった	きまぐれだった kimaguredatta
Negative past	気まぐれじゃなかった	きまぐれじゃなかった kimagurejanakatta
Te-form	気まぐれで	きまぐれで kimagurede
Before a noun	気まぐれな	きまぐれな kimagurena
Adverb (~ni)	気まぐれに	きまぐれに kimagureni

Kanji in 気まぐれ

気

spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 気まぐれ.

元気げんきlively天気てんきweather電気でんきelectricity病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)気きspirit気分きぶんfeeling空気くうきair気持ちきもちfeeling天気予報てんきよほうweather forecast湿気しっけmoisture活気かっきenergy気温きおん(air) temperature気候きこうclimate気体きたいgas

Source: JMdict entry 1591410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.