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ような気がする (ようなきがする) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, suru verb (irregular)
I feel that ... ; I have a feeling that ... ; I think that ...
Expresses a subjective, often intuitive sense or impression. The clause before ような is in the plain form. Used when the speaker is not completely certain but has a personal hunch.
I feel like he's hiding something.
Written forms ような 気き がする
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the よう is usually written in kana.
様よう な 気き がする
Kanji spelling for よう; less common and may appear formal or literary.
Similar words 気き がする 気がする alone means 'I have a feeling' or 'I think', but ような気がする adds a nuance of 'it seems like' or 'as if', making it more indirect and impressionistic.
そうな 気き がする そうな気がする is based on appearance or hearsay ('it looks like'), while ような気がする is based on a personal, often less tangible, intuition.
Etymology Combination of the auxiliary ようだ (expressing conjecture or similarity) in its attributive form ような, the noun 気 (feeling, mind), and the verb する (to do) in the pattern 気がする (to have a feeling). The phrase grammaticalized into a fixed expression for subjective impressions.
