機嫌取り
きげんとり
- currying favour; being anxious to please n
- bootlicker n
Kanji
機
キ
はた
loom; mechanism; machine; airplane; opportunity; potency; efficacy; occasion
嫌
ケン • ゲン
きら.う • きら.い • いや
dislike; detest; hate
取
シュ
と.る • と.り • と.り- • とり • -ど.り
take; fetch; take up
Synonyms
機嫌を取る
きげんをとる
- to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) exp v5r