得意気

Japanese

Kanji in this term
得	意	気
とく Grade: 5	い Grade: 3	け > げ Grade: 1
on’yomi		goon

Alternative spellings
得意氣 (kyūjitai) 得意げ

Etymology

Of 得意 (tokui, “triumph; strength”) +‎ 気 (-ge, “-like, -ish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝiɡe̞]

Adnominal

得(とく)意(い)気(げ) • (tokuige) 

1. proud, proudly, boastful, with an air of satisfaction
   • 1989, Sakaiya Taichi, Oni to hito to: Nobunaga to Mitsuhide [Demon and man: Nobunaga and Mitsuhide]‎^[1]:

     しかも、全(ぜん)山(ざん)を軍(ぐん)兵(へい)に取(と)り囲(かこ)ませて逃(に)げる隙(すき)間(ま)も与(あた)えず、居(い)合(あ)わせた者(もの)を老(ろう)若(にゃく)上(じょう)下(げ)の別(べつ)なく山(さん)門(もん)に追(お)い上(あ)げ、回(かい)廊(ろう)堂(どう)塔(とう)ことごとくに藁(わら)を積(つ)んで火(ひ)を放(はな)ったと、得(とく)意(い)気(げ)に語(かた)られた。

     Shikamo, zenzan o gunhei ni tori kakomasete nigeru sukima mo ataezu, iawaseta mono o rōnyaku jōge no betsunaku sanmon ni oiage, kairō dōtō kotogotoku ni wara o tsunde hi o hanatta to, tokuige ni katarareta.

     Furthermore, they had surrounded the entire mountain with soldiers leaving no gap through which to escape, and forced everyone present up to the mountain gate regardless of age or social class, piled straw in every cloister and chapel and set it all on fire, he proudly declaimed.