気にする
きにする
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
Meanings
Expression, Suru verb
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 気にするきにする | 気にしますきにします |
| Negative | 気にしないきにしない | 気にしませんきにしません |
| Past | 気にしたきにした | 気にしましたきにしました |
| Past negative | 気にしなかったきにしなかった | 気にしませんでしたきにしませんでした |
| Te-form | 気にしてきにして |
|---|---|
| Potential | 気にできるきにできる |
| Passive | 気にされるきにされる |
| Causative | 気にさせるきにさせる |
| Volitional | 気にしようきにしよう |
| Imperative | 気にしろきにしろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 気にすればきにすれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 気にしたらきにしたら |
Example sentences
だれが気にするもんか。
Who cares?
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The director is sensitive to criticism.
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She is very sensitive to criticism.
トムが気にするとは思えない。
I don't think Tom will mind.
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She cares a lot about clothes.
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Surprisingly, he is the type that worries about being in the public eye.
トムが気にするわけないじゃん。
Why would Tom care?
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Caring means being alive.
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You don't have to pay attention to what he says.
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What that fortuneteller said yesterday is nothing to be concerned about.
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Tom is the kind of person who is deeply conscious of how other people think of him.
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Don't worry about Tom. He isn't a threat.
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Taking no notice of the people around them, the boys talked loudly to each other.
日本人の中には自分達の国が外国人の眼にどう映るのか気にする者がいる。
Some Japanese are concerned about how their country looks in the eyes of foreigners.
悪口言いたい奴には言いたいだけ言わせときゃいいんだよ。そんなの気にするだけ時間の無駄だって。
If somebody wants to bad-mouth you, you should just let them say whatever they want. It's a waste of time to get bothered by it.