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Etymology edit

Attested from the 21st century.[1] Compare ()きる (ikiru, to live, be alive). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

イキる (ikirugodan (stem イキり (ikiri), past イキった (ikitta))

  1. (slang) to act cocky; to be full of oneself

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ 現代用語の基礎知識 [Basic information about recent neologisms] (in Japanese), Jiyū Kokumin, 2019