気持ち(きもち)

気持(きも)ち refers to feelings, sensations, or emotional states.

Sense 1 - physical sensation

• 気持(きも)ちがいい: feels good, pleasant
• 気持(きも)ち悪(わる)い: feels bad, disgusting, creepy
• 気持(きも)ちよく眠(ねむ)る: to sleep comfortably

Sense 2 - EMOTIONS/MOOD

• 気持(きも)ちを伝(つた)える: to convey feelings
• 気持(きも)ちが分(わ)かる: to understand someone's feelings
• 気持(きも)ちが落(お)ち着(つ)く: to calm down
• 気持(きも)ちを込(こ)める: to put one's heart into

Common expressions

• お気持(きも)ち: your feelings/sentiment (polite)
• 気持(きも)ちだけ: just the thought (declining a gift politely)
• 気持(きも)ちの問題(もんだい): a matter of feelings/attitude

CONTRAST WITH 気分(きぶん):
Both translate as "feeling" or "mood," but they differ in what they point at.

• 気持(きも)ち is directed at something: a sensation caused by a stimulus, or an emotion held toward a person or situation. 彼(かれ)の気持(きも)ち = his feelings (toward someone or something).
• 気分(きぶん) is a general state you are in, with no particular object. 気分(きぶん)が悪(わる)い = I feel unwell (my own condition), while 気持(きも)ち悪(わる)い usually means something is disgusting or creepy.