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表層形
気ぜわしく
キゼワシク
形容詞

気ぜわしく (キゼワシク)

Kizewashiku · きぜわしく — restless, fidgety, fussy

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気ぜわしく in rōmaji: kizewashiku.

形容詞 一般 * *
📝 気忙しい 🔤 形容詞 📐 連用形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月29日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
気ぜわしく
見出し語 (Lemma)
気忙しい
読み (Reading)
キゼワシク
品詞 (POS)
形容詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
形容詞
活用形 (Conj. Form)
連用形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
気ぜわしく
読み・基本形
キゼワシー
表記・基本形
気ぜわしい
見出し語の読み
キゼワシイ
How it's used

Used in casual or slightly formal speech to describe feeling mentally unsettled or hurried, often due to busy situations or looming deadlines.

出発の前は気ぜわしくて落ち着かない。
Shuppatsu no mae wa kizewashikute ochitsukanai.
Before departure, I feel restless and can't settle down.

年末は何かと気ぜわしく過ごしている。
Nenmatsu wa nanika to kizewashiku sugoshite iru.
At year-end, I'm spending my time feeling fussy about this and that.

⚖️ Commonly confused with 忙しい (isogashii, busy); 気ぜわしい emphasizes inner restlessness rather than having many tasks.

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Lemma: 気忙しい
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
丁寧形 (Polite)
気忙しいです
否定形 (Negative)
気忙しくない
過去形 (Past)
気忙しかった
て形 (Te-form)
気忙しくて
副詞形 (Adverbial)
気忙しく
仮定形 (Conditional)
気忙しければ
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