Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 1
こ > ご
Grade: S
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
意氣込み (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 意気(いき) (iki, disposition; spirit, courage, confidence) + () (komi, going in; being full of, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (komu, to go in; to be full of).).[1][2] The komi changes to gomi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from 1656.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()()() (ikigomi

  1. enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal, spirit
    Synonyms: 気勢 (kisei), 熱情 (netsujō), 情熱 (jōnetsu), 熱意 (netsui)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN