にやける

Japanese

Etymology

From 若気(にやけ) (niyake).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にやけ​る [nìyákéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ija̠ke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

にやける or ニヤける • (niyakeru) ichidan (stem にやけ (niyake), past にやけた (niyaketa))

1. (originally: of a man) to act femininely
2. (popular) to grin faintly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "にやける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	にやけ	niyake
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	にやけ	niyake
Shūshikei ("terminal")	にやける	niyakeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	にやける	niyakeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	にやけれ	niyakere
Meireikei ("imperative")	にやけよ¹ にやけろ²	niyakeyo¹ niyakero²
Key constructions
Passive	にやけられる	niyakerareru
Causative	にやけさせる にやけさす	niyakesaseru niyakesasu
Potential	にやけられる にやけれる³	niyakerareru niyakereru³
Volitional	にやけよう	niyakeyō
Negative	にやけない にやけぬ にやけん	niyakenai niyakenu niyaken
Negative continuative	にやけず	niyakezu
Formal	にやけます	niyakemasu
Perfective	にやけた	niyaketa
Conjunctive	にやけて	niyakete
Hypothetical conditional	にやければ	niyakereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

See also

• にやにや (niyaniya)
• 薄笑(うすわら)い (usuwarai)

Further reading

• にやけるのは男性だけ？ ～「にやける」の意味～ - 言葉のQ&A - 文化庁広報誌 ぶんかる