ときめく

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compound of とき (toki) + めく (-meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix). 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 • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))

  1. to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ときめか tokimeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ときめき tokimeki
Shūshikei ("terminal") ときめく tokimeku
Rentaikei ("attributive") ときめく tokimeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ときめけ tokimeke
Meireikei ("imperative") 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(とき) (toki, “time”, in the sense of “one's time, one's moment”) + めく (-meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix). Compare English every dog has its day.

Verb

ときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))

  1. 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)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ときめか tokimeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ときめき tokimeki
Shūshikei ("terminal") ときめく tokimeku
Rentaikei ("attributive") ときめく tokimeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ときめけ tokimeke
Meireikei ("imperative") 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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