陰気

いんき · inki · JLPT N1 · na-adj

melancholy

☁️ 陰 (shade) + 気 (mood) = a shady mood: gloom, melancholy

陰 means shade or the hidden side of things; 気 means spirit or mood. Together they describe a mood cast in shadow, the heavy gloom of melancholy.

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