N2 — outside your level filter

げ

げgeN2neutral

fun + with a look of

tanoshi ge

with a look of; an ...-ish air — a feeling on the surface

meaning: with a look of

Same meaning

楽たのしい
〜げ
楽たのしげ

弟おとうと、なんか眠ねむたげな顔かおしてるね。

otouto, nanka nemutage na kao shiteru ne.

My little brother's got kind of a sleepy look on his face, huh. casual

彼女かのじょは寂さびしげな表情ひょうじょうを浮うかべていた。

kanojo wa sabishige na hyoujou o ukabete ita.

She wore a lonely-looking expression. neutral

Same meaning6

looks/seems like; tends to

ぶるput on airs of; act like — a quality that isn't really thereattaches at
だらけcovered in; full of (negatively)attaches at
ふりをするpretend to; act as ifattaches at
がちprone to; tends to (usually a negative pattern)attaches at
気味ぎみa bit; slight degree of a (usually unwelcome) tendencyattaches at
っぽい-ish; has a whiff ofattaches at

All examples3

with a look of; seeming — how someone visibly appears

弟おとうと、なんか眠ねむたげな顔かおしてるね。
otouto, nanka nemutage na kao shiteru ne.
My little brother's got kind of a sleepy look on his face, huh. casual
彼女かのじょは寂さびしげな表情ひょうじょうを浮うかべていた。
kanojo wa sabishige na hyoujou o ukabete ita.
She wore a lonely-looking expression. neutral
お客様きゃくさまは少すこし不満ふまんげなご様子ようすでした。
okyakusama wa sukoshi fumange na go yousu deshita.
The customer appeared to be a little dissatisfied. formal

How it's formed2

All forms7

dictionary formげだgeda
楽たのしげだ
negativeげではないgedehanai
楽たのしげではない
pastげだったgedatta
楽たのしげだった
politeげですgedesu
楽たのしげです
before-a-noun formげなgena
楽たのしげな
before-a-verb formげにgeni
楽たのしげに
て-formげでgede
楽たのしげで

Notes

Closed to a core set of emotion/sensation words (寂さびしい, 悲かなしい, 眠ねむたい,
不安ふあん, 心配しんぱい, 忙いそがしい…); a size/price word does not join it (×高たかげ). げ
itself conjugates as a な-adjective.