Meaning
気配り (きくばり, kikubari) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “consideration, attentiveness”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼女はいつでも回りの人たちへの気配りを忘れない
She never forgets to consider those around her.
彼は気配りのできる優しい人です。
He is a kind, considerate person.
私はあなたの気配りは素敵だと思う。
I think your thoughtfulness is lovely.
彼の細かい気配りはすごいと思います。
I think that his attentiveness is amazing.
彼の細かい気配りは素晴らしいと思います。
I think that his attentiveness is wonderful.
宮は源氏の熱心な気配りを鬱陶しく思うが口に出せない。
She is irritated by Genji's kind consideration but she cannot tell her feelings to him.
健康を害さないように、常日頃から、体に対して様々な気配りをしています。
In my daily life I take care in various ways of my body so as not to damage my health.
茶人たちは、茶室だけでなくそのアプローチの外部空間へも緻密な工夫と気配りを行なったのである。
The masters of tea ceremony precisely devised and paid careful attention for not only the tea room, but also its approach from the outside space.
政略結婚ではあるが、和宮に対してたびたび贈り物をするなど細やかな気配りをし、2人の関係は良好であった。
Although their marriage was political, they had a good relationship with him showing many kindnesses to her such as presenting her with gifts on many occasions.
なお、松ヶ島時代（天正13年（1585年）頃）に賦秀から氏郷と名乗りを改めているが、これは当時の実力者だった羽柴"秀"吉の名乗りの一字を下に置く『賦秀』という名が不遜であろうという気配りからであった。
Incidentally, around 1585 in the Matsugashima period he changed his name from Masuhide to Ujisato, out of consideration that keeping the name 'Masuhide,' which placed the character 'hide' from the name of Hideyoshi Hashiba, the powerful figure of the time, underneath another character, would be presumptuous.