Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
粹がる (kyūjitai)
意気がる
Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
粹がる (kyūjitai)
意気がる

Etymology

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Compound of (iki, stylish) +‎ がる (-garu, to act like)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(いき)がる or (すい)がる (ikigaru or suigarugodan (stem (いき)がり (ikigari), past (いき)がった (ikigatta))

  1. to be pretentious

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN