気取る

きどる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to be affected; to put on airs
2. Godan verb, Transitive to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be (as …を気取る)

Kanji

• 気 spirit. Read as キ.
• 取 take. Read as とる.

Example sentences

• 気取る女の子は嫌いだ。
  I don't like girls who put on airs.
• あそこで気取っている彼女を見てごらんよ。
  Look at her putting on airs over there.
• 彼は芸術家を気取っている。
  He fancies himself as an artist.
• 彼らは夫婦きどりだ。
  They pretend to be man and wife.
• 彼女はいつも気どっているので、ぼくはきらいだ。
  I don't like her, because she always puts on airs.

Words containing 気取る

• 気取り屋 (きどりや) snob

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