Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
生き生き
活き活き

Etymology edit

From the stem of ()きる (ikiru), doubled and resembling an ideophone.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

いきいき (ikiikiいきいき (ikiiki)?

  1. vividly
  2. lively

Verb edit

いきいきする (ikiiki suruいきいき (ikiiki)?suru (stem いきいき (ikiikisuru shi), past いきいきした (ikiikisuru shita))

  1. look fresh
  2. be full of life

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN