何気に

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [na̠ɲ̟iɡe̞ ɲ̟i]

Adverb

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(なに)() (nanige ni

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

References

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