1.
good mood; high spirits; good humor
A state of being in a cheerful, pleasant mood, often visibly so.
父は上機嫌で帰ってきた。
My father came home in a great mood.
試験に受かって、彼女は上機嫌だった。
Having passed the exam, she was in high spirits.
上機嫌な上司に頼み事をするなら今がチャンスだ。
If you want to ask the boss a favor, now's your chance while he's in a good mood.
Describes a visibly cheerful, pleasant mood. Can be used as a noun (上機嫌だ) or as a pre-noun modifier (上機嫌な). The 上 prefix elevates 機嫌 (mood, humor) to its positive extreme.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 上機嫌で話す — talk in good spirits
- 上機嫌な顔 — cheerful face
- 上機嫌に歌う — sing happily
- ご上機嫌 — polite form, used in set phrases
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 機嫌がいい — in a good mood; more neutral and everyday than 上機嫌, which implies a noticeably elevated level of cheerfulness
- 不機嫌 — bad mood; the opposite of 上機嫌
- ご{機嫌} — mood (polite); also used in greetings like ご機嫌いかが