営み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
営
いとな Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
營み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 営(いとな)む (itonamu).

Noun

営(いとな)み • (itonami) 

1. business, work, life, operations, activity
2. (euphemistic) sex

See also

• (sex): Thesaurus:性交する