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► 成句
  [き]  [気が向く]    meaning:  whim  rank: 2
☆ 気がくままの ⇨ A travel on a whim. A travel without a plan

► 名詞
気紛れ  [きまぐれ]    meaning:  whim  rank: 2
☆ 彼女の気紛れには付き合れない ⇨ I can’t deal with her fickleness

思い付き  [おもいつき]    meaning:  whim  rank: 3
☆ は思い付きで言っているんじゃない ⇨ I’m not just thinking aloud. This is not just a whim. I did think about this earlier  (☛ Always negative. Note the difference with the verb 思い付く)

気分屋  [きぶんや]  [coll]    meaning:  whim  rank: 3
☆ は気分屋だ ⇨ He is fickle, unpredictable

御天気者  [おてんきもの]    meaning:  whim  rank: 4
☆ 大変な御天気者だ ⇨ He is so fickle

御天気屋  [おてんきや]    meaning:  whim  rank: 4
☆ 大変な御天気屋だ ⇨ He is so fickle

出来心  [(3)できごころ]    meaning:  whim  rank: 4
☆ は出来心で万をしてしまったと供述した ⇨ He stated that he shoplifted on the spur of the moment, for no serious reason  (☛ Do something bad on a whim)

► 形容動詞
気紛れ  [きまぐれ]    meaning:  whim  rank: 2
☆ 気紛れな ⇨ A fickle young girl

移り気  [(3)うつりぎ]    meaning:  whim  rank: 4
☆ 彼女は移り気だ ⇨ She is fickle