気負う (きおう)to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

Kanji in 気負う

• 気Spirit; Mind; AirRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
• 負Defeat; Negative; -Read with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N3

Words that share its kanji

• 人気にんきpopularity; public favor
• 景気けいきbusiness conditions; the market
• 気きspirit; mind
• 気持ちきもちfeeling; sensation
• 病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. colds); disease
• 電気でんきelectricity
• 一気いっきone breath
• 気分きぶんfeeling; mood
• 負担ふたんburden; load
• 勝負しょうぶvictory or defeat
• 負けまけdefeat; loss
• 負債ふさいdebt; liabilities
• 抱負ほうふaspiration; ambition
• 負傷ふしょうinjury; wound
• 負うおうto bear; to carry on one's back
• 負い目おいめ(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged