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    3. 気のせい

    気のせい

    気きの​せ​い​

    (just) one's imagination

    KMT8Ref L1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    気の所為

    きのせい

    Noun

    1.
    (just) one's imagination

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    それは気きのせいだよ。

    That's just your imagination.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    誰だれかの視し線せんを感かんじたけど、気きのせいかもしれない。

    I felt someone's gaze, but it might just be my imagination.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    最さい近きん、忘わすれっぽくなった気きがするけど、気きのせいかな。

    Lately, I feel like I've become more forgetful, but is it just my imagination?

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    ドアが閉しまる音おとが聞きこえたけど、誰だれもいない。気きのせいだったようだ。

    I heard the sound of a door closing, but no one was there. It seems it was just my imagination.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    幻げん聴ちょうが聞きこえるのは、疲ひ労ろうによる気きのせいだと医い者しゃは言いった。

    The doctor said that hearing phantom sounds was just my imagination due to fatigue.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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