ときめく
Japanese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editCompound 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
editときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))
Conjugation
editConjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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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
editCompound of 時 (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
editときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))
Conjugation
editConjugation 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
edit- ↑ 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