Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひらめ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

ひら (hira, also found in ひらひら (hirahira)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(ひらめ) (hiramekuintransitive godan (stem (ひらめ) (hirameki), past (ひらめ)いた (hirameita))

  1. to flash
  2. to glitter
  3. to come up with an idea, to get an idea

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ 閃く”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. ^ 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