気

keep up your strength; chin up!

exhaled air; exhalation; expiration

Noun or verb acting prenominally

courageous; brave; bold; valiant

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

fighting spirit

どっき only

poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous vapour

Usu. どっけ, どくけ

poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; toxicity

malice; spite; ill will

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

economic slump; hard times; depression; recession

poor (business); dull; slack; inactive

gloomy; cheerless; dismal

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

Adjective - yoi/ii class

delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant

young and sweet; adorable; cute; tender; innocent

pitiful; touching; pathetic; helpless

ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

Idiomatic expression

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

belch; eructation; burp

to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous

Often used with command or request form addressing someone else

to cheer up

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

Noun or verb acting prenominally

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

to feel nauseated; to feel sick

good feeling

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

unpleasant feeling

playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness