何気に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何 気
なに
Grade: 2 		け > げ
Grade: 1
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
何氣に (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Formed from 何気無(なにげな)い (nanigenai) by removing 無(な)い (nai) and applying the adverbial に (ni).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [na̠ɲ̟iɡe̞ ɲ̟i]

Adverb

何(なに)気(げ)に • (nanige ni) 

  1. (informal) casually; randomly [c. 1985?–][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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