気さく

Japanese JLPT N2 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★ 3/5 neutral きさくkisaku
読み きさく
ローマ字 kisaku
漢字の分解 気 (ki) — spirit, feeling, temperament
発音 /ki.sa.kɯ/

意味

Friendly; approachable; frank; easygoing. Describes someone open and sociable in manner.

A na-adjective describing a person who is naturally friendly, open-hearted, and easy to talk to. Often used as a compliment for someone who does not put on airs despite their status. Appears in 気さくな人 (a friendly person), 気さくに話しかける (to approach someone in a friendly way). The word is almost always used positively.

例文

  1. あの先生は気さくで生徒に人気がある。
  2. 社長は気さくに話しかけてくれる人だ。
  3. 気さくな性格のおかげですぐ友達ができた。

使い方ガイド

場面: personality description, daily life, workplace, compliments

トーン: positive

起源と歴史

From 気 (ki, spirit/temperament) + さく, an archaic word meaning refreshing or frank. The combination describes a personality that is refreshingly open and without pretension.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

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