～に気がつく: "To notice..."

Introduction

Hey! Do you notice anything weird about this lesson? No? I wonder what it could be... Heh heh heh.

Noticing: It's not just for senpais!

Structure

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  Verb/Adjectiveこと・のに気きがつく

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  Nounに気きがつく
  Example:
  → 猫ねこがいることに気きがついた。
  ”(They) noticed there was a cat.”

This short but sweet lesson will be all about noticing things! In order to express "notice" we'll use a combination of 気き ("energy; mind; spirit") and the intransitive verb 付つく ("to be sensed").

Actually, there are many expressions in Japanese that use 気き! 気きに入いる "to be fond of", 気きになる "to be interested/bothered", and 気きがする "to feel" just to name a few. All of these treat 「気き」 as a kind of mind/energy/spirit/consciousness construct, which can be confusing from an "English language perspective" since we don't really have anything similar in everyday speech.