Meanings
Noun
1. spirit; mind; heart
2. nature; disposition
3. motivation; intention
usu. after a verb
4. mood; feelings
5. ambience; atmosphere; mood
Kanji used
state of mind
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (470 in total)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
Examples (21 in total)
I think I'm going crazy.
Are you going to call the police?
I don't really care that much.
I didn't feel like buying a car.
Are you still willing to help?
Do you mind waiting for a minute?
I could not bring myself to eat it.
I get the feeling that I've heard that somewhere before.
Are you going to spend all of this money?
We are anxious about her safety.
Even being called a playboy, I don't feel bad.
Are you still going to Boston?
That's a depressing story.
I just don't feel like going to school today.
Now that you say it, yeah, I feel like that, too.
Actually, I have no intention of quitting right now.
Is Tom going to dump Mary?
He could not bring himself to believe her story.
I'm very tired. I don't feel like taking a walk now.
At first, I had no intention of taking over the family business.
Are you really going to ask Mary to the prom?