Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (u, ouch) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(うめ) (umekuintransitive godan (stem (うめ) (umeki), past (うめ)いた (umeita))

  1. groan, moan

Usage notes edit

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN