気 mood

(rifle) +

(open scissors) + メ (katakana 'me')

★★★★★★

6 strokes

Onyomi

KI / GE -People forget about "GE."

GET in a good mood and KEEP being in a good mood.

Mnemonic

I'm in a loco mood - I may stab you with scissors or shoot you with a rifle in this mood.

Kunyomi

き

basically, 'mood', but there are over 3,000 expressions that use it. KI can be put in, become exhausted ,become lost, change, be pulled, be big, small, changing. KI gets followed, met, used, lightened, lengthened, shortened, rotated, cut. KI can be strong, weak, floating, heavy. . .. but you never say, "how's your ki doing ?" or "I've got great ki today!" - You have to use it as part of an expression. CCW
★★★★★★

Jukugo

気を付けて(きをつけて)	be careful! ★★★★★ 気 (mood) + 付 (stick to) = 気を付けて (be careful!)
気持ち(きもち)	feels good! ★★★★★ 気 (mood) + 持 (hold) = 気持ち (feels good!) oh HELLS yeah. It feels good.(although this isn't dirty by itself, it is the #1 actual word yelled in pornos.)
元気(げんき)	cheerful ★★★★★ CCW 元 (original) + 気 (mood) = 元気 (cheerful) cheerful, energetic. Doesn't matter if it's totally forced.
天気(てんき)	weather ★★★★★ 天 (heaven) + 気 (mood) = 天気 (weather)
気にしない(きにしない)	don't worry about it! ★★★★☆
気になった(きになった)	I'm worried about it. ★★★★☆
気違い(きちがい)	fuckin' crazy ★★★☆☆ ABU 気 (mood) + 違 (different and therefore wrong) = 気違い (fuckin' crazy) (literally, 'different feeling') crazy - this is one of the biggest cusses in the whole language-a garunteed fight-starter. This is instructive in several ways. 1) Japanese is such a polite language that 'different feeling' is one of the worst insults. 2) it takes a certain kind of culture to think that having a different feeling is such a bad thing in the first place! 3) Historically it is a discriminatory term against people who suffer from mental illness.
気付いた(きづいた)	realize something ★★★☆☆ 気 (mood) + 付 (stick to) = 気付いた (realize something) to belatedly realize something - d'oh! (also pronounced 気がついた）
気晴らし(きばらし) に	Just for fun ☆☆☆☆☆ 気 (mood) + 晴 (weather get good now) = 気晴らし (Just for fun) Just for fun, do you wanna (blah blah blah)?"

Synonyms

brave
勇気度胸けなげ

bye-bye
お大事にさよなら気をつけていってらっしゃいまたね

cheer up
勇気付ける励ます元気を出させる慰める

coward
腰抜け意気地なし卑怯な

dangerous
険悪物騒うさんくさい気味悪い危ない意地汚い

depression
憂鬱落ち込む気分がしずむきが滅入る陰気ふてくされるうかない

endure, persevere
我慢忍耐根気忍ぶ堪忍する

faint
気絶する卒倒薄い淡い

ok, fine
了解順調平気

popular
人気があるもてるちやほや

pressure, accelerate
促す促進催促奨励勇気づける迫る

pretentious or arrogant
気取りや尊大いい気　になってるいばってる xxx振ってる自惚れ仰々しい横柄な

short temper
短気気が短い

too intimate, too personal
ねほりはほり聴くなれなれしい気安くxxx

ugly
醜い醜悪気色悪いおぞましい