意気込む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
意 気 込
い
Grade: 3 		き
Grade: 1 		こ > ご
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
意氣込む (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 意気(いき) (iki, “spirits, enthusiasm”) + 込(こ)む (komu, “to go into; to be full of, to have a lot of”).[1][2] The komu changes to gomu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「意気込む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		意気込む いきごむ
Imperative (命令形) 意気込め いきごめ
Key constructions
Passive 意気込まれる いきごまれる
Causative 意気込ませる いきごませる
Potential 意気込める いきごめる
Volitional 意気込もう いきごもー
Negative 意気込まない いきごまない
Negative perfective 意気込まなかった いきごまなかった
Formal 意気込みます いきごみます
Perfective 意気込んだ いきごんだ
Conjunctive 意気込んで いきごんで
Hypothetical conditional 意気込めば いきごめば

Verb

意(い)気(き)込(ご)む • (ikigomu) intransitive godan (stem 意(い)気(き)込(ご)み (ikigomi), past 意(い)気(き)込(ご)んだ (ikigonda))

  1. to be enthusiastic, to be keen

Conjugation

Conjugation of "意気込む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 意気込ま いきごま ikigoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 意気込み いきごみ ikigomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 意気込む いきごむ ikigomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 意気込む いきごむ ikigomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 意気込め いきごめ ikigome
Meireikei ("imperative") 意気込め いきごめ ikigome
Key constructions
Passive 意気込まれる いきごまれる ikigomareru
Causative 意気込ませる
意気込ます 		いきごませる
いきごます 		ikigomaseru
ikigomasu
Potential 意気込める いきごめる ikigomeru
Volitional 意気込もう いきごもう ikigomō
Negative 意気込まない いきごまない ikigomanai
Negative continuative 意気込まず いきごまず ikigomazu
Formal 意気込みます いきごみます ikigomimasu
Perfective 意気込んだ いきごんだ ikigonda
Conjunctive 意気込んで いきごんで ikigonde
Hypothetical conditional 意気込めば いきごめば ikigomeba

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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