気取り・気どり|きどりkidori[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
気取り気取り is the more common form and the recommended choice for learners; use it in your own writing and when choosing between the two spellings.
気どり気どり is a less common variant spelling; you may encounter it, but learners should normally choose 気取り when writing the word.
Definitions
- nounaffectation; pretension; posturing
- noun (suffix)posing as; behaving as; acting like; pretending to be; putting on the airs of
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym見栄みえNeutralPutting on a show for the sake of appearances, as in 「見栄を張る」; it leans toward vanity, while 「気取り」 is about posing and putting on airs.
- SynonymポーズNeutralA loanword for a pose — a physical stance or an affected attitude, as in 「ポーズを取る」.
- Antonym自然しぜんNeutralNatural and unaffected; the direct opposite of the posturing and airs that 「気取り」 describes.
- Antonym素朴そぼくWrittenA formal written word for plain and unadorned; it is the opposite of 「気取り」's affectation.
Use 「気取り」 for putting on airs or posing, as in 「気取りのない人」; as a suffix it means acting the part of something one is not, as in 「恋人気取り」. Use 「見栄」 for vanity and saving face, and 「自然」 for being natural and unaffected.
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