JLPT N1 · な-adjective

陰気 (inki)

陰気 (いんき, inki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “gloomy; dismal”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いんき
Romaji: inki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

gloomy; dismal; miserable; melancholy · な-adjective, noun
spirit of yin · noun

Example sentences

その家は見かけがたいへん陰気だった。

The house looked very dismal.

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

Conjugation of 陰気

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	陰気だ	いんきだ inkida
Present (polite)	陰気です	いんきです inkidesu
Negative	陰気じゃない	いんきじゃない inkijanai
Past	陰気だった	いんきだった inkidatta
Negative past	陰気じゃなかった	いんきじゃなかった inkijanakatta
Te-form	陰気で	いんきで inkide
Before a noun	陰気な	いんきな inkina
Adverb (~ni)	陰気に	いんきに inkini

Kanji in 陰気

陰

shade, yin, negativeイン・かげ・かげ.る · 11 strokes

気

spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 陰気.

お陰おかげgrace (of God)陰かげshade日陰ひかげshade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

Source: JMdict entry 1170280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.