【No. 1648】Kenage (健気 - Admirable)
Jun 23, 2019 18:04
Kenage
I like people who have a character described as kenage (健気).
Kenage means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.
Kenage is short for kenarige (けなり気), which is combining kenari (けなり) and ge/ke (気); here kenari is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and ge/ke means "feeling."
Because of this, kenage originally used to describe different or excellent people.
It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.
I like people who have a character described as kenage (健気).
Kenage means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.
Kenage is short for kenarige (けなり気), which is combining kenari (けなり) and ge/ke (気); here kenari is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and ge/ke means "feeling."
Because of this, kenage originally used to describe different or excellent people.
It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.
健気
私は「健気」な性格の人が好きです。
「健気」とは、心がけがよくしっかりしているさまや、力の弱いもの（子どもや女性）が困難に立ち向かうさまを表す言葉です。
「健気」はほかと異なることを意味する古語「けなり」に、"feeling" を意味する「気」がついた「けなり気」を省略したものです。
このため、もともと「健気」は人が優れているさまを表す言葉でした。
そこから派生して前述のような意味が生じ、現在では「力の弱いものが困難に立ち向かうさま」を意味することが多いです。
私は「健気」な性格の人が好きです。
「健気」とは、心がけがよくしっかりしているさまや、力の弱いもの（子どもや女性）が困難に立ち向かうさまを表す言葉です。
「健気」はほかと異なることを意味する古語「けなり」に、"feeling" を意味する「気」がついた「けなり気」を省略したものです。
このため、もともと「健気」は人が優れているさまを表す言葉でした。
そこから派生して前述のような意味が生じ、現在では「力の弱いものが困難に立ち向かうさま」を意味することが多いです。
Corrections (2)
No. 1 Yalmar
- Kenage (健気 - Admirable)
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Kenage
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- I like people who have a character described as 'kenage' (健気).
- I like people who have a character (that can/could be) described as 'kenage' (健気).
- 'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.
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'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or that a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives despite all the / in the face of difficulties.
Some Western feminists will not like it if you call a woman vulnerable.
- 'Kenage' is short for 'kenarige' (けなり気), which is combining 'kenari' (けなり) and 'ge/ke' (気); here 'kenari' is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and 'ge/ke' means "feeling."
- 'Kenage' is short for 'kenarige' (けなり気), which combines 'kenari' (けなり) and 'ge/ke' (気); here 'kenari' is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and 'ge/ke' means "feeling."
- Because of this, 'kenage' originally used to describe different or excellent people.
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Because of this, originally 'kenage' used to describe different or excellent people.
It sounds better, but I'm not sure why
- It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.
- It derived its current meanings from that and now it often means that a person strives in the face of difficulties.
Toru
Thank you for the correction! :)
Thank you for the correction! :)
Yalmar
You're welcome! :)
You're welcome! :)
No. 2 Makita
- Kenage (健気 - Admirable)
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Kenage
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- 'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.
- 'Kenage' means that someone or a vulnerable person (especially a child or woman) in-spite of strives with difficulties has a good attitude.
- Because of this, 'kenage' originally used to describe different or excellent people.
- Because of this, originally 'kenage' was used to describe different or excellent people.
- It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.
- The current meanings derives from that, and now it often means that a person strives in-spite of difficulties.
Nice ^ ^
Toru
Thank you for correcting my post! :)
Thank you for correcting my post! :)