Japanese

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Etymology

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ふた (futa, an onomatopoeia also found in the adverb ふたふた (futafuta)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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ふためく (futamekuintransitive godan (stem ふためき (futameki), past ふためいた (futameita))

  1. to make a commotion, to make a racket

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ ふためく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000