How to say "mood" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 気持ちきもちnounCovers 'mood' as one's inner state of mind and feelings. It is the everyday word for what you feel emotionally, including want or intention, as in expressions about how someone feels.
- 雰囲気ふんいきnounCovers the outward sense of 'mood': the atmosphere or ambience of a place, event, or group. When English 'mood' describes a room, party, or scene, this is usually the natural choice.
- 気分きぶんnounCovers 'mood' as one's temporary internal condition, roughly 'how you feel right now'. It is the usual word for being in a good or bad mood, or feeling slightly ill or refreshed.
- nounA loanword covering 'mood' and 'atmosphere' in the sense of an overall emotional tone of a scene or moment. It often overlaps with 雰囲気 and carries a slightly stylistic, borrowed feel.
- 心地ここちnoun, noun (suffix)Covers 'mood' only in the sense of a bodily sensation of comfort or pleasantness, such as how a room or bed feels. For emotional moods it is seldom the word you want; it is really about physical feeling.
Use 気分 for how you feel inside (mood, spirits), 「気持ち」 for feelings and state of mind, 雰囲気 or 「ムード」 for the mood of a place or situation, and 心地 for physical comfort or pleasant sensation.
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Japanese equivalents
- 気持ちきもちfeeling
- 雰囲気ふんいきatmosphere
- 気分きぶんfeeling
- ムードmood
- 心地ここちfeeling
- 心持ちこころもちfeeling
- 機嫌きげんhumour
- 気色きしょくmood
- 情趣じょうしゅmood
- 胸糞むなくそfeeling
- 心気しんきmentality
- 情調じょうちょうatmosphere
- 空気感くうきかんatmosphere (esp. of a place or person)
- ご機嫌ごきげんhumour
- 機嫌気褄きげんきづまhumour
- 気褄きづまhumour
- テンションspirits
- 法ほうmood
- 空気くうきmood
- 調子ちょうしvein
- 風向きかざむきmood
- 情緒じょうちょatmosphere
- お天気おてんきmood
- 匂いにおいaura
- 叙法じょほうmood
- 気きmood
- 調ちょうstyle
- のり(getting into the) mood
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