気に入る

きにいる

to like, to be pleased with

Mnemonic

The thing gets in past your guard and settles into your spirit. Keen き on に it now, and the new shoes are being worn indoors: きにいる.

Worth knowing

Literally it enters your 気. Settled and more particular than 好き: it is about one thing rather than a taste in general.

Built from

気

spirit, energy

Steam rising off something. The old form had rice giving off vapour.

入

enter

A way in, drawn narrowing as it goes.

Words sharing these kanji

元気 energetic, healthy 気持ち feeling, sensation 気 spirit, temperament 気付く to realize, to notice 空気 atmosphere, air 気分 mood, feeling 本気 seriousness 雰囲気 atmosphere, mood 気配 indication, sign 一気に in one go 平気 calm, all right 人気 popularity

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