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Feeling discouraged after being turned down for a job with 気を落とす

Idiom Explanation: Feeling discouraged with 気を落とす

Manga panel from ハクメイとミコチ showing example of Feeling discouraged after being turned down for a job with 気を落とす.
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Hakumei hoped to help with a stone wall restoration, but the repair guild’s chairman refused her, saying she wasn’t needed for the project.

イワシ:
「なあ　ハクメイ。　そんなに気(き)を落(お)とすなよ」
“Hey, Hakumei. Don't be so down.”
Literal: “Hey, Hakumei. Don't drop your spirits that much.”
ハクメイ:
「落(お)としてない」
“I'm not down.”

Key Points

1気を落とす means to feel discouraged
  • Iwashi reads Hakumei’s disappointment after being refused the wall-restoration work.
  • The idiom uses 気(き), but the meaning is emotional discouragement.
2そんなに〜なよ is a casual negative command
  • そんなに means “that much” or “so much”.
  • 〜なよ tells her not to get that down, with a familiar tone.
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