Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
搖らめく (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

ゆら (yura) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, a verb-forming suffix)[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()らめく (yuramekuintransitive godan (stem ()らめき (yurameki), past ()らめいた (yurameita))

  1. to flicker, to quiver, to waver, to sway
    蝋燭(ろうそく)()()らめく
    Rōsoku no hi ga yurameku.
    The candleflame flickers.

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ 揺らめく”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN