ときめく

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ときめく [tòkíméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞kʲime̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Compound of とき (toki) + めく (-meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).^[1]^[2]^[3] The derivation of the toki element is unclear. It might be cognate with the doki element in adverb どきどき (dokidoki, “throbbingly, beatingly, poundingly”) in reference to one's heart.

Verb

ときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))

to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ときめか	tokimeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ときめき	tokimeki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ときめく	tokimeku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ときめく	tokimeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ときめけ	tokimeke
Meireikei ("imperative")	ときめけ	tokimeke
Key constructions
Passive	ときめかれる	tokimekareru
Causative	ときめかせるときめかす	tokimekaseru tokimekasu
Potential	ときめける	tokimekeru
Volitional	ときめこう	tokimekō
Negative	ときめかない	tokimekanai
Negative continuative	ときめかず	tokimekazu
Formal	ときめきます	tokimekimasu
Perfective	ときめいた	tokimeita
Conjunctive	ときめいて	tokimeite
Hypothetical conditional	ときめけば	tokimekeba

Etymology 2

Compound of 時(とき) (toki, “time”, in the sense of “one's time, one's moment”) + めく (-meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).^[1]^[2]^[3] Compare English every dog has its day.

Verb

ときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))

時めく: to prosper, to thrive, to be in full bloom; to be influential

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ときめか	tokimeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ときめき	tokimeki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ときめく	tokimeku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ときめく	tokimeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ときめけ	tokimeke
Meireikei ("imperative")	ときめけ	tokimeke
Key constructions
Passive	ときめかれる	tokimekareru
Causative	ときめかせるときめかす	tokimekaseru tokimekasu
Potential	ときめける	tokimekeru
Volitional	ときめこう	tokimekō
Negative	ときめかない	tokimekanai
Negative continuative	ときめかず	tokimekazu
Formal	ときめきます	tokimekimasu
Perfective	ときめいた	tokimeita
Conjunctive	ときめいて	tokimeite
Hypothetical conditional	ときめけば	tokimekeba

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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