Can genki be pronounced as henki?


I've watched a few anime and keep coming across a word that sounds like
"henki". In the subtitles, the sentences are like "Are you ok?", "How are you
feeling?". With those translations, I'd expect the word to be "genki". I
didn't know if maybe in some dialects the "g" could be pronounced as a "h".

So am I crazy or am I onto something?




(Figured I should write more than two words for an answer). What you are
hearing is probably 平気{へいき}. I'd say it's more 'okay' as in calm, collected,
emotionally unaffected by something than in the physical sense.

> 平気なふりをする

Pretend to be okay. (put on a brave face, stiff upper lip, etc)

It is sometimes used in a negative sense to refer to having no problem doing X
(where X is something most people wouldn't do or would have some doubts/feel
guilt about doing)

> 平気で 嘘{うそ}をつく
>
> Be fine with lying/lie without a second thought.




(Figured I should write more than two words for an answer). What you are
hearing is probably 平気{へいき}. I'd say it's more 'okay' as in calm, collected,
emotionally unaffected by something than in the physical sense.

> 平気なふりをする

Pretend to be okay. (put on a brave face, stiff upper lip, etc)

It is sometimes used in a negative sense to refer to having no problem doing X
(where X is something most people wouldn't do or would have some doubts/feel
guilt about doing)

> 平気で 嘘{うそ}をつく
>
> Be fine with lying/lie without a second thought.

