ときめく
Japanese
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ときめく [tòkíméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [to̞kʲime̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology 1
Compound of とき (toki) + めく (meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).[1][2][3] The derivation of the toki element is unclear. It might be cognate with the doki element in adverb どきどき (dokidoki, “throbbingly, beatingly, poundingly”) in reference to one's heart.
Verb
ときめく (intransitive, rōmaji tokimeku)
- to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | ときめか | tokimeka | |
| Continuative (連用形) | ときめき | tokimeki | |
| Terminal (終止形) | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Attributive (連体形) | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | ときめけ | tokimeke | |
| Imperative (命令形) | ときめけ | tokimeke | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ときめかれる | tokimekareru | |
| Causative | ときめかせる ときめかす | tokimekaseru tokimekasu | |
| Potential | ときめける | tokimekeru | |
| Volitional | ときめこう | tokimekō | |
| Negative | ときめかない | tokimekanai | |
| Negative continuative | ときめかず | tokimekazu | |
| Formal | ときめきます | tokimekimasu | |
| Perfective | ときめいた | tokimeita | |
| Conjunctive | ときめいて | tokimeite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ときめけば | tokimekeba | |
Etymology 2
Compound of 時 (toki, “time”, in the sense of “one's time, one's moment”) + めく (meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).[1][2][3] Compare English every dog has its day.
Verb
ときめく (intransitive, rōmaji tokimeku)
- 時めく: to prosper, to thrive, to be in full bloom; to be influential
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | ときめか | tokimeka | |
| Continuative (連用形) | ときめき | tokimeki | |
| Terminal (終止形) | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Attributive (連体形) | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | ときめけ | tokimeke | |
| Imperative (命令形) | ときめけ | tokimeke | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ときめかれる | tokimekareru | |
| Causative | ときめかせる ときめかす | tokimekaseru tokimekasu | |
| Potential | ときめける | tokimekeru | |
| Volitional | ときめこう | tokimekō | |
| Negative | ときめかない | tokimekanai | |
| Negative continuative | ときめかず | tokimekazu | |
| Formal | ときめきます | tokimekimasu | |
| Perfective | ときめいた | tokimeita | |
| Conjunctive | ときめいて | tokimeite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ときめけば | tokimekeba | |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan