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Japanese
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| 意氣込み (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 意気 (iki, “disposition; spirit, courage, confidence”) + 込み (komi, “going in; being full of”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 込む (komu, “to go in; to be full of”).).[1][2] The komi changes to gomi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to a text from 1656.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
意気込み • (ikigomi)
- enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal, spirit
- Synonyms: 気勢 (kisei), 熱情 (netsujō), 情熱 (jōnetsu), 熱意 (netsui)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN