いきいき

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
生き生き
活き活き

Etymology

From the stem of ()きる (ikiru), doubled and resembling an ideophone.

Pronunciation

Adverb

いきいき (ikiikiいきいき (ikiiki)?

  1. vividly
  2. lively

Verb

いきいきする (ikiiki suruいきいき (ikiiki)?suru (stem いきいき (ikiiki shi), past いきいきした (ikiiki shita))

  1. look fresh
  2. be full of life

Conjugation

References

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